dropped V.S.quiet;bus station V.S.bus stop;

[marymay12]

FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="5"]I've got two questions. Anyone who could help me with them?
Q1:
Any difference between "bus station" and "bus stop"? I my mind, "bus station" refers to the ends of the line that a bus runs along, while "bus stop" means a dot on the line .
Q2
when we describe pronunciation, we ofen use the words "dropped V.S.quiet", are they the same? For example: in "just past", /t/ is quiet.

[SlickVic9000]

I tend to associate bus stations with inter-city travel. You go to a bus station in one city and buy a ticket for a bus to another city (Greyhound, for instance). For bus stations that serve a particular city, the station is usually a nexus for all of that city's bus routes. Bus stops are just as you described them. They're just stops along a bus route.

[konungursvia]

Bus stations usually have several buses on different lines, where they all find their terminus (is that word used here? ;) Stops just serve one or two lines, along the way.

[marymay12]

Thank you all for your help. I understand them much better now.