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Crossroads vs Junction - What's the difference?

crossroads | junction |

As nouns the difference between crossroads and junction

is that crossroads is plural of lang=en while junction is the act of joining, or the state of being joined.

crossroads

English

Noun

(head)
  • 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:
    • 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.
  • * 2010 , Raeanne Thayne, A Cold Creek Baby , page 199:
    • 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.

    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