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Junction vs Confluence - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between junction and confluence

is that junction is the act of joining, or the state of being joined while confluence is the place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

junction

English

(wikipedia junction)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
  • A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
  • The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
  • (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
  • (radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
  • * 2007 , Gary Hudson, ?Sarah Rowlands, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook (page 336)
    • Even rolling news has junctions to meet - headlines on the hour or half-hour, or links to live events, for example.
  • * 2010 , Peter Stewart, Essential Radio Skills: How to Present a Radio Show
    • Try to avoid becoming too predictable or repetitive, particularly at regular junctions .
  • (computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.

    • Synonyms

    * (place where two things meet) intersection

    Derived terms

    * depletion junction * junction box * junction canal * junction detector * junction diode * junction gate * junction nevus * junction table * junction transistor * p-n junction

    confluence

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
    • We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
  • The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the lake meet.
    • The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.
  • A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
    • The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.

    Synonyms

    * conflux

    Derived terms

    * confluence aloft