crossing vs zebra crossing

zebra crossing vs crossing

crossing and zebra crossing both are nouns.

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

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

crossing: a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
zebra crossing: street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes)

Other hyponyms of crossing include grade separation, pedestrian crossing.

crossing (noun)	zebra crossing (noun)
a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)	street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes)
traveling across
(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

Difference between crossing and zebra crossing

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