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Immediacy vs Intimacy - What's the difference?

immediacy | intimacy | Related terms |

Immediacy is a related term of intimacy.


As nouns the difference between immediacy and intimacy

is that immediacy is the quality of being immediate, of happening right away while intimacy is feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily involving sexuality.

immediacy

English

Noun

(immediacies)
  • the quality of being immediate, of happening right away
  • lack of mediation
  • (philosophy) immediate awareness or apprehension

    • intimacy

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia intimacy) (intimacies)
  • feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily involving sexuality
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    Antonyms

    * solitude

    Related terms

    * intimate * intimation