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Beside vs Adjacent - What's the difference?

beside | adjacent |

As prepositions the difference between beside and adjacent

is that beside is next to; at the side of while adjacent is next to; adjacent to; beside.

As an adverb beside

is otherwise; else.

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.

beside

English

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • Next to; at the side of.
  • A small table beside the bed
  • Not relevant to.
  • That is beside the point
  • Besides; in addition to.
  • * Alexander Pope:
  • To all beside , as much an empty shade, / An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead.

    Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with besides . See .

    Derived terms

    * besidely * beside oneself * beside the point * besides

    Adverb

    (-)
  • otherwise; else
  • * Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias :
  • Nothing beside remains. Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away.

    See also

    * para-

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    adjacent

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
  • Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
  • Just before, after, or facing.
  • The picture is on the adjacent page .

    Synonyms

    * (lying next to) abutting, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed, near

    Antonyms

    * (lying next to) apart, distant, nonadjacent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
  • Again, the key colors have twice the area of the adjacents .
  • * 2011 , Mark Zegarelli, ACT Math For Dummies (page 194)
  • Picking out the opposite, the adjacent , and the hypotenuse

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (US) Next to; adjacent to; beside.
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