span vs transit

span and transit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
span	Yes	No	Yes	No
transit	Yes	No	Yes	No

span (noun)	transit (noun)
the act of sitting or standing astride	a journey usually by ship
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.	a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
the distance or interval between two points	a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
two items of the same kind
the complete duration of something

span (verb)	transit (verb)
to cover or extend over an area or time period	make a passage or journey from one place to another
	cause or enable to pass through
	revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
	pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)