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Adjoining vs Intact - What's the difference?

adjoining | intact |

As adjectives the difference between adjoining and intact

is that adjoining is being in contact at some point or line; joining to; contiguous; bordering: an adjoining room while intact is untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; whole; undefiled; left complete or entire; not damaged.

As a verb adjoining

is .

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

    (head)
  • intact

    English

    Adjective

  • Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; whole; undefiled; left complete or entire; not damaged.
  • I packed my belongings carefully so that they would survive the move intact .
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact , particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it. }}
  • Uncircumcised; commonly used to describe a penis with a foreskin in intactivism.
  • The opposite of a circumcised penis is an intact penis.

    Synonyms

    *(uncircumcised) see also .