crossing vs road

crossing and road both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crossing	Yes	No	No	No
road	Yes	No	No	No

crossing (noun)	road (noun)
a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)	a way or means to achieve something
traveling across	an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
a junction where one street or road crosses another
a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
a shallow area in a stream that can be forded