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Proximate vs Proximal - What's the difference?

proximate | proximal |

Proximal is a related term of proximate.



In linguistics terms the difference between proximate and proximal

is that proximate is a grammatical marker in the Algonquian (and some other) languages for a principal third person while proximal is closer to the speaker.

As a noun proximate

is a grammatical marker in the Algonquian (and some other) languages for a principal third person.

proximate

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Close or closest; adjacent.
  • * J. S. Harford
    • proximate ancestors
  • * T. Burnet
    • the proximate natural causes of it [the deluge]
  • (legal) Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation.
  • About to take place; impending.

    • Antonyms

    * ultimate

    Derived terms

    * proximate cause * proximately

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) A grammatical marker in the Algonquian (and some other) languages for a principal third person

    • Related terms

    * approximate * approximation * approximator * proximity

    See also

    * obviative

    External links

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    proximal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (anatomy, geology) Closer to the point of attachment or observation.
  • (linguistics) Closer to the speaker.

    • Antonyms

    * (closer to the point of attachment) distal

    Derived terms

    * proximally

    Coordinate terms

    * *

    Related terms

    * proximate