traverse vs bridge

bridge vs traverse

traverse and bridge both are nouns.

traverse and bridge both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
traverse	Yes	No	Yes	No
bridge	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, bridge is a hyponym of traverse; that is, bridge is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than traverse:

traverse: travel across or pass over
bridge: cross over on a bridge

Other hyponyms of traverse include tramp, walk, crisscross, ford, jaywalk, drive, take, course, hop.

traverse (noun)	bridge (noun)
taking a zigzag path on skis	any of various card games based on whist for four players
travel across	a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it	an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands
a horizontal beam that extends across something	the link between two lenses; rests on the nose
	a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
	a wooden support that holds the strings up
	a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected
	the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose
	something resembling a bridge in form or function

traverse (verb)	bridge (verb)
deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit	make a bridge across
travel across or pass over	cross over on a bridge
to cover or extend over an area or time period	connect or reduce the distance between

Difference between traverse and bridge

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