cross street vs street

street vs cross street

cross street and street both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cross street	Yes	No	No	No
street	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, street is a hypernym of cross street; that is, street is a word with a broader meaning than cross street:

cross street: a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it
street: a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

cross street (noun)	street (noun)
a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it	a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
	the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
	people living or working on the same street
	the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
	a situation offering opportunities

Difference between cross street and street

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