Central vs. Crux — What's the Difference?

At the point or in the area that is in the middle of something

Crux () is a constellation centred on four stars in the southern sky in a bright portion of the Milky Way. It is among the most easily distinguished constellations as its hallmark (asterism) stars each have an apparent visual magnitude brighter than +2.8, even though it is the smallest of all 88 modern constellations.

Of the greatest importance; principal or essential

The basic, central, or critical point or feature

A place with a high concentration of a specified type of person or thing

A puzzling or apparently insoluble problem.

Situated at, in, or near the center

The most difficult portion of an ascent in rock climbing or mountaineering.

Forming the center.

See Southern Cross.

Having dominant or controlling power or influence

The basic, central, or essential point or feature.

Of basic importance; essential or principal

The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.

Easily reached from various points

A puzzle or difficulty.

Of or constituting a single source controlling all components of a system

(climbing) The hardest point of a climb.

Of, relating to, or originating from the nervous system.

(heraldry) A cross on a coat of arms.

Relating to a centrum.

Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain.

(Linguistics) Articulated in the middle of the oral cavity; neither front nor back. Used of vowels, as the u in cut.

A small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus

Holding to a moderate ideological position between two extremes.

The most important point

A telephone exchange.

An operator at a telephone exchange.

A location or agency for the control or coordination of a group of related activities

A place that is a notable site for a given activity

A place that is characterized by a high concentration of a given thing

Being in the centre.

Having or containing the centre of something.

Being very important, or key to something.

(anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.

Centre

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points.

The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular.

A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

Serving as an essential component;

In or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area;

Used in the description of a place that in the middle of another place;

Centrally located and easy to reach;