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Junction vs Injunction - What's the difference?

junction | injunction |

As nouns the difference between junction and injunction

is that junction is the act of joining, or the state of being joined while injunction is the act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.

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

    injunction

    English

    (wikipedia injunction)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
  • That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
  • (legal) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 19 , author=Josh Halliday , title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Southwark council, which took out the injunction against Matt, believes YouTube has become the "new playground" for gang members.}}

    Related terms

    * super-injunction (pos n)

    Usage notes

    * The verb associated with this word is enjoin'. ' Injunct is also sometimes used as a synonym.