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Closeness vs Tightness - What's the difference?

closeness | tightness | Synonyms |

Closeness is a synonym of tightness.


As nouns the difference between closeness and tightness

is that closeness is the state of being physically close while tightness is the quality or degree of being tight.

closeness

English

Noun

(-)
  • 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 [...]

    • Synonyms

    * (physical) proximity, nearness * (friends) intimacy * (stingy) * (secretive)

    tightness

    English

    Noun

  • The quality or degree of being tight