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Crossing vs Traversing - What's the difference?

crossing | traversing |

As nouns the difference between crossing and traversing

is that crossing is an intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross while traversing is a traversal.

As verbs the difference between crossing and traversing

is that crossing is while traversing is .

As an adjective crossing

is (rare) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.

crossing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • A voyage across a body of water
  • (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it
  • Movement into a crossed position.
  • * 1989 , Stephen N. Tchudi, ?Diana D. Mitchell, Explorations in the Teaching of English (page 270)
    • For example, experts in kinesics — body language — recognize that a person sends out hundreds of nonverbal signals — eyebrow twitches, frowns, leg crossings and uncrossings — every second while he or she is speaking and listening.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • References

    * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

    traversing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A traversal.
  • * 2013 , John Likides, Foundations of Meaning (page 300)
    • Some traversings last a few seconds or minutes, for instance, when the imagination passes swiftly across familiar eras and realms in its effort to generate the momentum necessary to perceive timeless realities.