Chokepoint vs. Bottleneck — What's the Difference?

A narrow passage, such as a strait, through which shipping must pass.

A narrow or obstructed section, as of a highway or a pipeline.

A point of congestion or obstruction.

A point or an area of traffic congestion.

A point at which traffic or other movement can easily become blocked.

A hindrance to progress or production.

A narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

The narrow part of a bottle near the top.

A point of congestion or blockage;

(Music) A style of guitar playing in which an object, such as a piece of glass or metal, is passed across the strings to achieve a gliding sound.

(Biology) An abrupt and severe reduction in the number of individuals during the history of a species of a population, often resulting in the loss of diversity from the gene pool.

To slow down or impede by creating an obstruction.

The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.

(music) A portion of a bottleneck placed on the finger and used as a guitar slide.

(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.

(by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.

(transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.

(intransitive) To form a bottleneck.

A location or situation in which otherwise rapid progress is impeded.

A point at which road traffic slows due to congestion or narrowing of the roadway.

An impasse.

A narrowing.

Same as obstruct; as, his laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system.

To become narrower as one approaches a point; - said of roads; as, right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks.

A narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

Slow down or impede by creating an obstruction;

Become narrow, like a bottleneck;