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
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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
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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.
