route vs circuit

circuit vs route

route and circuit both are nouns.

route and circuit both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
route	Yes	No	Yes	No
circuit	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

route: an established line of travel or access
circuit: an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to

Other hyponyms of route include feeder line, main line, data track, track, air lane, airway, flight path, skyway, approach pattern, pattern, traffic pattern, flight path, beat, round, bus route, line of flight, line of march, celestial orbit, orbit, electron orbit, orbit, paper round, paper route, beeline, crosscut, supply line, supply route, line of fire, flyway, migration route, fairway, direction, way, trade route.

route (noun)	circuit (noun)
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation	a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
an established line of travel or access	movement once around a course
	an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
	a racetrack for automobile races
	(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
	an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
	the boundary line encompassing an area or object

route (verb)	circuit (verb)
send via a specific route	make a circuit
divert in a specified direction
send documents or materials to appropriate destinations

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