crossroads vs crosswalk

crossroads

noun
  • A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads. 

  • A fork in the road. 

  • A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change direction, course, or goal. 

  • A centrally located position 

crosswalk

noun
  • A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street. 

  • A mapping between equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas. 

verb
  • To map equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas. 

How often have the words crossroads and crosswalk occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )