Consecutive vs Adjacent - What's the difference?
consecutive | adjacent |
following, in succession, without interruption
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Having some logical sequence
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.
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* 2011 , Mark Zegarelli, ACT Math For Dummies (page 194)
As adjectives the difference between consecutive and adjacent
is that consecutive is following, in succession, without interruption while 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
next to; adjacent to; beside.consecutive
English
Adjective
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Antonyms
* nonconsecutive * simultaneouslyDerived terms
* consecutively * consecutivenessadjacent
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