Circuit vs. Route
Circuitnoun
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
Routenoun
A course or way which is traveled or passed.
‘The route was used so much that it formed a rut.’; ‘You need to find a route that you can take between these two obstacles.’;
Circuitnoun
The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
Routenoun
A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
‘We live near the bus route.’; ‘Here is a map of our delivery routes.’;
Circuitnoun
That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
Routenoun
A road or path; often specifically a highway.
‘Follow Route 49 out of town.’;
Circuitnoun
The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
Routenoun
(figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
Circuitnoun
(electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
Routenoun
(historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
Circuitnoun
A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job
Routeverb
(transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.
‘All incoming mail was routed through a single office.’;
Circuitnoun
(legal) The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
Routeverb
(Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
Circuitnoun
(historical) Various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China, including:
Routeverb
To send (information) through a router.
Circuitnoun
The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin.
Routenoun
The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.
‘Wide through the furzy field their route they take.’;
Circuitnoun
The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan.
Routenoun
an established line of travel or access
Circuitnoun
Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.
Routenoun
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
Circuitnoun
(legal) circuit court
Routeverb
send documents or materials to appropriate destinations
Circuitnoun
(Methodism) The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.
Routeverb
send via a specific route
Circuitnoun
By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
Routeverb
divert in a specified direction;
‘divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders’;
Circuitnoun
(motor racing) A track on which a race in held; a racetrack
Circuitnoun
(obsolete) circumlocution
Circuitnoun
(Scientology) A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.
Circuitnoun
(graph theory) A closed path, without repeated vertices allowed.
Circuitnoun
A chain of cinemas/movie theaters.
Circuitverb
To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
Circuitverb
To travel around.
‘Having circuited the air.’;
Circuitnoun
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.
Circuitnoun
The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.
‘The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles.’;
Circuitnoun
That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
‘The golden circuit on my head.’;
Circuitnoun
The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.
‘A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees.’;
Circuitnoun
A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
Circuitnoun
A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.
Circuitnoun
Circumlocution.
Circuitverb
To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
Circuitverb
To travel around.
Circuitnoun
an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
Circuitnoun
a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area;
‘they took an extended tour of Europe’; ‘we took a quick circuit of the park’; ‘a ten-day coach circuit of the island’;
Circuitnoun
an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to;
‘she's a familiar name on the club circuit’; ‘on the lecture circuit’; ‘the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district’; ‘the international tennis circuit’;
Circuitnoun
(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
Circuitnoun
a racetrack for automobile races
Circuitnoun
movement once around a course;
‘he drove an extra lap just for insurance’;
Circuitverb
make a circuit;
‘They were circuiting about the state’;
