Ajoining vs Adjacent - What's the difference?
ajoining | adjacent |
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
Just before, after, or facing.
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
* 1980 , Faber Birren, The textile colorist
* 2011 , Mark Zegarelli, ACT Math For Dummies (page 194)
As an adjective adjacent is
lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.As a noun adjacent is
something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.As a preposition adjacent is
(us) next to; adjacent to; beside.ajoining
Not English
Ajoining has no English definition. It may be misspelled.adjacent
English
Adjective
(-)- Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
- The picture is on the adjacent page .
Synonyms
* (lying next to) abutting, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed, nearAntonyms
* (lying next to) apart, distant, nonadjacentNoun
(en noun)- Again, the key colors have twice the area of the adjacents .
- Picking out the opposite, the adjacent , and the hypotenuse