juncture vs watershed

watershed vs juncture

juncture and watershed both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
juncture	Yes	No	No	No
watershed	Yes	No	No	No

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

juncture: an event that occurs at a critical time
watershed: an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend

Other hyponyms of juncture include climax, flood tide, conjuncture, crisis, landmark, turning point, milestone, head, pass, straits, reality check.

juncture (noun)	watershed (noun)
an event that occurs at a critical time	an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made	a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made	the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

Difference between juncture and watershed

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