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Nearness vs Contiguity - What's the difference?

nearness | contiguity | Synonyms |

Nearness is a synonym of contiguity.


As nouns the difference between nearness and contiguity

is that nearness is the state of being near while contiguity is a state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.

nearness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state of being near.

    • Synonyms

    * closeness * proximity

    Antonyms

    * distantness * remoteness

    Anagrams

    * ensnares

    contiguity

    English

    Noun

    (contiguities)
  • A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
  • * 1958–1960 , (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 12:
    • In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved.

    Synonyms

    * (state in which objects are physically touching) synapse (of neurons) Medical Physiology, Boron & Boulpaep, ISBN 1-4160-2328-3, Elsevier Saunders 2005. Updated edition. page 295.

    References

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