Overlapping vs Crossing - What's the difference?
overlapping | crossing |
Pertaining to something that overlaps something else.
An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
A voyage across a body of water
(architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it
Movement into a crossed position.
* 1989 , Stephen N. Tchudi, ?Diana D. Mitchell, Explorations in the Teaching of English (page 270)
(rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.
As verbs the difference between overlapping and crossing
is that overlapping is present participle of lang=en while crossing is present participle of lang=en.As adjectives the difference between overlapping and crossing
is that overlapping is pertaining to something that overlaps something else while crossing is extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.As nouns the difference between overlapping and crossing
is that overlapping is the situation in which things overlap while crossing is an intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.overlapping
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- 1851' ''A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the '''overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.'' — Herman Melville,
Moby Dick.
crossing
English
Noun
(en noun)- For example, experts in kinesics — body language — recognize that a person sends out hundreds of nonverbal signals — eyebrow twitches, frowns, leg crossings and uncrossings — every second while he or she is speaking and listening.