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Liaison vs Juncture - What's the difference?

liaison | juncture |

As nouns the difference between liaison and juncture

is that liaison is while juncture is a place where things join, a junction.

liaison

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Communication between two parties or groups.
  • Co-operation, working together.
  • A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
  • A tryst, romantic meeting.
  • (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
  • (linguistics) The phonological fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs, for example intrusion, consonant-vowel linking, etc. In the context of some languages, such as French, liaison can refer specifically to a normally silent final consonant, being pronounced when the next word begins with a vowel, and can often also include the intrusion of a "t" in certain fixed chunks of language such as the question form "pense-t-il ".

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (proscribed) To liaise.

    • Related terms

    * liaise * ligation

    juncture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place where things join, a junction.
  • A critical moment in time.
    • We're at a crucial juncture in our relationship.
  • * Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
    • What a mercy you are shod with velvet, Jane! a clodhopping messenger would never do at this juncture .
  • (linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.

    • Usage notes

    In highly formal or bureaucratic language, "at this juncture" is often used as a fancy way of saying "now". * I'm unable to ascertain its whereabouts at this juncture.