circuit vs route

circuit

noun
  • The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan. 

  • The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin. 

  • A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person. 

  • The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution 

  • Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China. 

  • The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not. 

  • The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits. 

  • The basic grouping of local Methodist churches. 

  • A closed path, without repeated vertices allowed. 

  • A track on which a race in held; a racetrack 

  • By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville. 

  • A chain of cinemas/movie theaters. 

  • Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function. 

  • A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job 

  • That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown. 

  • The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area. 

route

noun
  • One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits. 

  • One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something. 

  • A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives. 

  • A course or way which is traveled or passed. 

  • A race longer than one mile. 

  • A road or path; often specifically a highway. 

  • A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation. 

verb
  • To direct or divert along a particular course. 

  • to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet. 

  • To send (information) through a router. 

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