confluence vs junction

confluence

noun
  • The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river. 

  • The stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood. 

  • The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet. 

  • A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things. 

  • The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other. 

  • A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms. 

junction

noun
  • The place where a distributary departs from the main stream. 

  • A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts. 

  • A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet. 

  • A place where two or more railways or railroads meet. 

  • The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals. 

  • The act of joining, or the state of being joined. 

  • In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator. 

  • electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact. 

  • A kind of symbolic link to a directory. 

verb
  • To form a junction. 

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