crater vs junction

crater

noun
  • Any large, roughly circular depression or hole. 

  • The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. 

  • A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object. 

  • The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb. 

verb
  • To form craters in a surface. 

  • To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed. 

  • To crash or fall. 

junction

verb
  • To form a junction. 

noun
  • 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. 

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

  • 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. 

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