connexion vs intersection

intersection vs connexion

connexion and intersection both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
connexion	Yes	No	No	No
intersection	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, intersection is a hyponym of connexion; that is, intersection is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than connexion:

connexion: the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
intersection: the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)

Other hyponyms of connexion include hit, interconnection, approximation, bringing close together, concatenation, convergence, convergency, converging, coming upon, encounter, articulation, adjunction, junction, attachment, fastening.

connexion (noun)	intersection (noun)
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)	the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)
shifting from one form of transportation to another	a junction where one street or road crosses another
an instrumentality that connects	a point where lines intersect
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination	a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)	the set of elements common to two or more sets
a connecting shape	a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations

Difference between connexion and intersection

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