crosspiece vs traverse

crosspiece and traverse both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crosspiece	Yes	No	No	No
traverse	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

crosspiece: a transverse brace
traverse: a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it

Other hyponyms of crosspiece include crossbar, rundle, rung, spoke, round, rung, stave, cross thwart, thwart, transom.

As nouns, crosspiece and traverse are synonyms defined as:

crosspiece and traverse: a horizontal beam that extends across something

Other synonyms of crosspiece include crossbeam, trave.

crosspiece (noun)	traverse (noun)
a transverse brace	taking a zigzag path on skis
a horizontal beam that extends across something	travel across
	a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
	a horizontal beam that extends across something

crosspiece (verb)	traverse (verb)
	deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
	travel across or pass over
	to cover or extend over an area or time period