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Adjoining vs Abutting - What's the difference?

adjoining | abutting |

Abutting is a synonym of adjoining.



As adjectives the difference between adjoining and abutting

is that adjoining is being in contact at some point or line; joining to; contiguous; bordering: an adjoining room while abutting is that which abuts or serves as an abutment.

As verbs the difference between adjoining and abutting

is that adjoining is present participle of lang=en while abutting is present participle of lang=en.

adjoining

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being in contact at some point or line; joining to; contiguous; bordering: an adjoining room .
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  • , author = Robert B. Ross (ed.) , title = History of the Knaggs family of Ohio and Michigan , chapter= , isbn= , page= 46 , site = , url = http://openlibrary.org/works/OL3535421W/History_of_the_Knaggs_family_of_Ohio_and_Michigan , accessdate = 2013-07-22 , passage= The location was described to be "on the lower side of the river, adjoining land owned by Whitmore Knaggs and on the upper side by lands not yet granted."}}

    Synonyms

    * adjacent * bordering

    Antonyms

    * separated

    Verb

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  • abutting

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That which abuts or serves as an abutment.
  • Verb

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