Consecutive vs Contiguous - What's the difference?
consecutive | contiguous |
following, in succession, without interruption
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Having some logical sequence
connected; touching; abutting
adjacent; neighbouring/neighboring
* 1730–1774 , , Introductory to Switzerland
* 1835 , William Scoresby, Memorials of the Sea (page 59)
connecting without a break
* 1886 , Frank Hamilton Cushing, A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth :
As adjectives the difference between consecutive and contiguous
is that consecutive is following, in succession, without interruption while contiguous is connected; touching; abutting.consecutive
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Adjective
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Antonyms
* nonconsecutive * simultaneouslyDerived terms
* consecutively * consecutivenesscontiguous
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Adjective
(-)- Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small,
- He sees his little lot the lot of all;
- Sees no contiguous palace rear its head
- To shame the meanness of his humble shed;
- the usual quietness of the day, with us, was broken in upon by the shout of success from the pursuing boats, followed by vehement respondings from the contiguous ship.
- The forty-eight contiguous states.
- Supposing three such houses to be contiguous to a central one, each separated from the latter by a straight wall.