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Originally posted by CrucialCrimson
I think it is a generalization that the terms are used differently - the specific acts of crossing and initiation are secret but generally crossing precedes initiation. They may seem to mean the same thing to some people because people generally refer to their crossing or initiation in terms of a season: fall 69 or spring 82, etc. and the two rituals will probably occur in the same season so to the outsider it sounds like the same thing.
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Maybe this is another twist thrown in. I have heard brothers in my own fraternity as well as in some NIC fraternities (Sigma Nu, for example) use the term "crossing over" as a synonym for initiation. E.g., a newly-initiated brother might be told "Congraultions on crossing over."
FWIW.