Junction vs. Confluence — What's the Difference?

The act or process of joining or the condition of being joined.

In geography, a confluence (also: conflux) occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join together to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name (such as the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers at Pittsburgh, forming the Ohio); or where two separated channels of a river (forming a river island) rejoin at the downstream end.

A place where two things join or meet, especially a place where two roads or railway routes come together and one terminates.

A flowing together of two or more rivers or streams.

A connection between conductors or sections of a transmission line.

The point of juncture of such rivers or streams.

The interface between two different semiconductor regions in a semiconductor device.

The combined river or stream formed by this juncture.

A mechanical or alloyed contact between different metals or other materials, as in a thermocouple.

A gathering, flowing, or meeting together at one juncture or point

The act of joining, or the state of being joined.

The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.

A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.

The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.

The stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood.

(nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.

A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.

(rail transport) A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.

(biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.

A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.

A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.

A kind of symbolic link to a directory.

The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.

(programming) In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.

Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.

(electronics) electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.

A place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers);

(of roads or tracks) To form a junction.

A flowing together

The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.

A coming together of people

The place or point of union, meeting, or junction; specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway meet or cross.

The place where two or more things come together

The state of being joined together

The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

Something that joins or connects

An act of joining or adjoining things