alidad vs transit

alidad and transit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alidad	Yes	No	No	No
transit	Yes	No	Yes	No

alidad (noun)	transit (noun)
surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles	a journey usually by ship
surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments	a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
	a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

alidad (verb)	transit (verb)
	make a passage or journey from one place to another
	cause or enable to pass through
	revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
	pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)