junction vs intersection

intersection vs junction

junction and intersection both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
junction	Yes	No	No	No
intersection	Yes	No	No	No

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

junction: the place where two or more things come together
intersection: a junction where one street or road crosses another

Other hyponyms of junction include interchange, carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway, railway junction, T-junction, circle, rotary, roundabout, traffic circle.

junction (noun)	intersection (noun)
an act of joining or adjoining things	the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)
the place where two or more things come together	a junction where one street or road crosses another
something that joins or connects	a point where lines intersect
the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made	a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
the state of being joined together	the set of elements common to two or more sets
	a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations

Difference between junction and intersection

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