Crossroads vs Conjunction - What's the difference?
crossroads | conjunction |
A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.
(by extension) A centrally located position
(by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change direction, course, or goal.
(nonstandard) A fork in the road.
* 2005 , Phil Nordyke, All American, all the way: the combat history of the 82nd Airborne , page 723:
* 2010 , Raeanne Thayne, A Cold Creek Baby , page 199:
The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
*, vol.1. ch.29:
(grammar) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related. Example: Bread, butter and cheese.
(astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
(astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the () operator.
As nouns the difference between crossroads and conjunction
is that crossroads is while conjunction is the act of joining, or condition of being joined.crossroads
English
Noun
(head)- The Company A commander, Captain Helmer, was at the crossroads where the road split, with the left fork leading to Udenbreth, when he saw a group of men coming toward him.
- When she reached the crossroads where the trail split, one part of her yearned to head toward the lake.
Quotations
* * 2005 , Jake Logan, Slocum and the Sierra Madras Gold : *: The shiny wet black triangle at the crossroads of where her legs split. * 2010 , M. K. Hobson, The Native Star : *: When they came to a crossroads where the road split off into four cardinal directions, Stanton stood squinting up at the signpost for a long time.conjunction
English
(wikipedia conjunction)Noun
(en noun)- Certaine Nations (and amongst others, the Mahometane) abhorre Conjunction with women great with childe.