junction ~ juncture:
[different second sound: for the pronunciation of junction, please click here; for the right pronunciation of juncture, please click here]
“Junction” is ‘a place where people, roads, or railway lines meet or cross; joining’,
e.g.
The traffic is usually heavy at the road junctions.
Our railway station is a busy junction; one can get trains to any part of the State.
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a situation where making a choice is difficult
“Juncture” is ‘a point in time; a particular stage in a series of events; a crucial state of affairs’; in language, however, it is ‘a is a place where two sounds or words are joined together’,
e.g.
It is very difficult at this juncture to predict the outcome of the general elections.
The President invited all the political parties to come forward with suggestions to overcome this present critical juncture.
