What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Nearest vs Immediate - What's the difference?

nearest | immediate | Related terms |

Nearest is a related term of immediate.


As adjectives the difference between nearest and immediate

is that nearest is closest to, (near) while immediate is ; immediate (without delay).

As a preposition nearest

is closest to.

nearest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Closest to, (near).
  • * 1843 , (Edgar Allan Poe), :
  • Fastening one end of this at that point of the trunk of the tree which was nearest the peg, he unrolled it till it reached the peg and thence further unrolled it, in the direction already established by the two points of the tree and the peg, for the distance of fifty feet

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • closest to
  • Anagrams

    * * * *

    immediate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Assemble we immediate council.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}
  • Very close; direct or adjacent.
  • * Shakespeare
  • You are the most immediate to our throne.
  • Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
  • embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location)
  • Derived terms

    * immediately

    Anagrams

    * ----