crossroads vs hamlet

crossroads and hamlet both are nouns.

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

As nouns, crossroads and hamlet are synonyms defined as:

crossroads (noun)	hamlet (noun)
a point where a choice must be made	a community of people smaller than a village
a community of people smaller than a village	a settlement smaller than a town
a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made