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Pivotal vs Juncture - What's the difference?

pivotal | juncture |

As an adjective pivotal

is of, relating to, or being a pivot.

As a noun juncture is

a place where things join, a junction.

pivotal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or being a pivot.
  • Being of crucial importance; central, key.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Joseph Stiglitz)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Globalisation is about taxes too , passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].}}

    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.