2023-06-02 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด J – Juncture & junction

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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง Juncture = ‘JUHNGK-cher’

ออกเสียง junction = ‘JUHNGK-shuhn’

 

Dictionary.com

SYNONYM STUDY FOR JUNCTION

Junction & juncture

refer to a place, line, or point at which two or more things join.

A junction is also a place where things come together:

the junction of two rivers.

 

A juncture is a line or point at which two bodies are joined,

or a point of exigency or crisis in time:

the juncture of the head and neck; 

a critical juncture in a struggle.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Choose the Right Synonym for juncture

Juncture, Exigency, Emergency, Contingency, Pinch, 

Strait (or Straits) Crisis

mean a critical or crucial time or state of affairs.

 

JUNCTURE stresses the significant concurrence 

or convergence of event

an important juncture in our country's history

 

EXIGENCY stresses the pressure of restrictions 

orurgency of demands created by a special situation. 

provide for exigencies

 

EMERGENCY applies to a sudden unforeseen situation 

requiring prompt action to avoid disaster. 

the presence of mind needed to deal with emergencies

 

CONTINGENCY implies an emergency or exigency 

that is regarded as possible but uncertain of occurrence. 

contingency plans

 

PINCH implies urgency or pressure for action 

to a less intense degree than EXIGENCY or EMERGENCY. 

come through in a pinch

 

STRAIT, now commonly STRAITS, applies to 

a troublesome situation from which escape is extremely difficult. 

in dire straits CRISIS applies to a juncture 

whose outcome will make a decisive difference. 

a crisis of confidence

 

Did You Know?

Juncture has many relatives in English

- and some of them are easy to spot, 

whereas others are not so obvious.

 

Juncture derives from the Latin verb jungere (to join), 

which gave us not only join and junction 

but also conjugal (relating to marriage) 

and junta (a group of persons controlling a government). 

 

Jungere also has distant etymological connections 

to joust, jugular, juxtapose, yoga and yoke. 

The use of juncture in English dates back to the 14th century. 

Originally, 

the word meant "a place where two or more things are joined," 

but by the 17th century it could also be used 

of an important point in time or of a stage in a process or activity.

 

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

Juncture & junction

These words have a primary meaning, “the act of joining”:

“The torn cartilage lies at the Juncture (or Junction) of these bones.”

In this sense, Junction is more widely used and is preferred:

“the Junction of tributary and river”;

“the Junction of a railway and bus line.”

 

Juncture is favored 

when reference is to a point of time

and to a serious state of affairs;

At this Juncture, we must decide whether to advance or retreat.”

“We must decide now, for the affair has reached a critical Juncture,”

 

In linguistics, Juncture is a term for 

a distinctive sound feature of the language

such as, for example, 

the difference in sound between,

and time required to pronounce, already and all ready.

 

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary

junc′tion•al, adj.

syn: junction, juncture refer to 

a place, line, or point at which two or more things join.

 

A junction is also a place where things come together:

the junction of two rivers.

A juncture is a line or point at which two bodies are joined,

or a point of exigency or crisis in time:

the juncture of the head and neck; 

a critical juncture in a struggle.