Crossover vs. Jump — What's the Difference?

A place at which or the means by which a crossing is made.

To propel oneself upward or over a distance in single quick motion or series of such motions.

A short connecting track by which a train can be transferred from one line to another.

To move suddenly and in one motion

(Genetics) Crossing over.

To move involuntarily, as in surprise

A registered member of one political party who votes in the primary of the other party.

To parachute from an aircraft.

The adaptation of a musical style, as by blending elements of two or more styles or categories, to appeal to a wider audience.

(Informal) To act quickly; hustle

One, such as a performer, song, or movie, that appeals to more than one segment of an audience or market.

To take prompt advantage; respond quickly

A place where one thing crosses over another.

To enter eagerly into an activity; plunge

The means by which the crossing is made.

To begin or start. Often used with off

(genetics) The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.

To form an opinion or judgment hastily

A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience.

To make a sudden verbal attack; lash out

Automobiles An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent.

To undergo a sudden and pronounced increase

(rail transport) A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them.

To rise suddenly in position or rank

A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes.

To change discontinuously or after a short period

(sport) An athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports.

To be displaced by a sudden jerk

(basketball) A crossover dribble.

To be displaced vertically or laterally because of improper alignment

A move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating.

(Computers) To move from one set of instructions in a program to another out of sequence.

(forestry) The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature.

To move over an opponent's playing piece in a board game.

Configured so that the transmit signals at one end are connected to the receive signals at the other.

To make a jump bid in bridge.

The interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis.

(Slang) To be lively; bustle

A structure, such as a bridge, bearing a path for crossing over a river or highway.

To leap over or across

Votes from members of one political party cast for candidates of another party; - called also crossover vote; as, there was a high crossover in this election.

To leap onto

A member of one political party who votes for a candidate of another party; - called also crossover voter.

(Slang) To spring upon in sudden attack; assault or ambush

A U-shaped section of pipe which serves to pass one pipeline over another which is directly in its path.

To move or start prematurely before

The interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis

To cause to leap

A voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party

To cause to increase suddenly

The appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience;

To pass over; skip

A path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other

To raise in rank or position; promote.

To move a piece over (an opponent's piece) in a board game, often thereby capturing the opponent's piece.

To raise (a partner's bid) in bridge by more than is necessary.

To jump-start (a motor vehicle).

To leave (a course), especially through mishap

To leave hastily; skip

To leave (an organization, for example) suddenly or in violation of an agreement

To seize or occupy illegally

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.

The act of jumping; a leap.

The distance covered by a jump

An obstacle or span to be jumped.

A structure or course from which a jump is made

A descent from an aircraft by parachute.

(Sports) Any of several track-and-field events in which contestants jump.

An initial competitive advantage; a head start

Energy or quickness

A sudden pronounced rise, as in price or salary.

An impressive promotion.

A step or level

A sudden or major transition, as from one career or subject to another.

A short trip.

One in a series of moves and stopovers, as with a circus or road show.

(Games) A move in a board game over an opponent's piece.

(Computers) A movement from one set of instructions to another.

An involuntary nervous movement; a start.

Jumps A condition of nervousness. Often used with the.

A jump-start of a motor vehicle.

Vulgar Slang An act of sexual intercourse.

(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.

(intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.

(transitive) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.

(intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

(intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.

To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.

(intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.

(transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.

(transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.

To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).

(transitive) To cause to jump.

(transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.

(transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.

To increase speed aggressively and without warning.

To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.

To join by a buttweld.

To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.

(quarrying) To bore with a jumper.

To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.

(obsolete) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.

To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.

To flee; to make one's escape.

The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.

An effort; an attempt; a venture.

(mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

(architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

An instance of propelling oneself upwards.

An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.

An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.

An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.

A jumping move in a board game.

A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).

An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.

(with on) An early start or an advantage.

(mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.

An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.

(science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.

(programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.

(film) jump cut

(theatre) one-night stand

A kind of loose jacket for men.

(obsolete) Exactly; precisely

(obsolete) Exact; matched; fitting; precise.

A kind of loose jacket for men.

The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.

An effort; an attempt; a venture.

The space traversed by a leap.

A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

A jump-start; as, to get a jump from a passing mmotorist.

To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.

To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.

To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; - followed by with.

To pass over by means of a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.

To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.

To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.

To join by a butt weld.

To bore with a jumper.

Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.

Exactly; pat.

A sudden and decisive increase;

An abrupt transition;

(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another

A sudden involuntary movement;

Descent with a parachute;

The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground;

Move forward by leaps and bounds;

Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm;

Make a sudden physical attack on;

Increase suddenly and significantly;

Be highly noticeable

Enter eagerly into;

Rise in rank or status;

Run off or leave the rails;

Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

Cause to jump or leap;

Start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car's battery

Bypass;

Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another;

Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions