criticality vs crossroads

criticality and crossroads both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
criticality	Yes	No	No	No
crossroads	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, crossroads is a hypernym of criticality; that is, crossroads is a word with a broader meaning than criticality:

criticality: a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining
crossroads: a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made

Other hypernyms of criticality include critical point, juncture.

criticality (noun)	crossroads (noun)
a state of critical urgency	a point where a choice must be made
a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining	a community of people smaller than a village
	a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made