Interchange vs Intersection - What's the difference?
interchange | intersection |
to switch (each of two things)
to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
* Shakespeare
to swap or change places
to alternate; to intermingle or vary
An act of interchanging.
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A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
(rail transport) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.
The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
(geometry) The point or set of points common to two geometrical objects (such as the point where two lines meet or the line where two planes intersect).
(set theory) The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.
(sports) The element where two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters pass through each other.[http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128590-19728-18885-295370-3787-4771-layout160-129898-news-item,00.html]
As nouns the difference between interchange and intersection
is that interchange is an act of interchanging while intersection is the junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.As a verb interchange
is to switch (each of two things.interchange
English
Verb
(interchang)- to interchange places
- I shall interchange / My waned state for Henry's regal crown.
- to interchange cares with pleasures
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=That was one of three superb saves Hennessey made in the opening 45 minutes, the best of which was from Dzeko, who had been released by a slick interchange involving Silva and Sergio Aguero.}}
- Holborn tube station is the only interchange between the London Underground Central and Piccadilly Lines
