Closeness vs Intimacy - What's the difference?
closeness | intimacy | Synonyms |
The state of being physically close
The state of being friends
The state of being mean or stingy
The state of being secretive
(mathematics) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph
(archaic) Solitude, seclusion
* 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
*:I thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated / To closeness and the bettering of my mind [...]
feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily involving sexuality
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=May 27
, author=Nathan Rabin
, title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)
, work=The Onion AV Club
Intimacy is a synonym of closeness.
As nouns the difference between closeness and intimacy
is that closeness is the state of being physically close while intimacy is feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily involving sexuality.closeness
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(-)Synonyms
* (physical) proximity, nearness * (friends) intimacy * (stingy) * (secretive)intimacy
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(wikipedia intimacy) (intimacies)citation, page= , passage=The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly funny, detract from the poignancy and the emotional intimacy of the episode.}}
