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Juxtapose vs Adjoin - What's the difference?

juxtapose | adjoin |

As verbs the difference between juxtapose and adjoin

is that juxtapose is while adjoin is to be in contact or connection with.

juxtapose

English

Verb

(juxtapos)
  • To place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
  • * 2006 , Scarnati, Chris, "We should follow New Jersey's lead on this one", YourCranberry :
    • "In juxtaposing the youth athletes of our grandparents' generation with those of the modern era, we're essentially comparing ."

    Related terms

    * juxtaposition ----

    adjoin

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be in contact or connection with.
    • The living room and dining room adjoin each other.
  • (transitive, mathematics, chiefly, algebra, and, number theory) To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element).
    • \textbf{Q}\left(\sqrt{2}\right) can be obtained from \textbf{Q} by adjoining \sqrt{2} to \textbf{Q} .

    Derived terms

    * adjoining

    Related terms

    * adjunction