level crossing vs crossing

crossing vs level crossing

level crossing and crossing both are nouns.

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

As nouns, crossing is a hypernym of level crossing; that is, crossing is a word with a broader meaning than level crossing:

level crossing: intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass
crossing: a junction where one street or road crosses another

Other hypernyms of level crossing include carrefour, crossroad, crossway, intersection.

level crossing (noun)	crossing (noun)
intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass	a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
	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 level crossing and crossing

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