overlap vs crossroads

overlap and crossroads both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of overlap include interface.

overlap (noun)	crossroads (noun)
a flap that lies over another part	a point where a choice must be made
the property of partial coincidence in time	a community of people smaller than a village
a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena	a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made

overlap (verb)	crossroads (verb)
extend over and cover a part of
coincide partially or wholly