Proximity vs Adjacent - What's the difference?
proximity | adjacent |
closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship.
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
Just before, after, or facing.
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
* 1980 , Faber Birren, The textile colorist
* 2011 , Mark Zegarelli, ACT Math For Dummies (page 194)
As nouns the difference between proximity and adjacent
is that proximity is closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship while adjacent is something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.As an adjective adjacent is
lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.As a preposition adjacent is
next to; adjacent to; beside.proximity
English
Noun
(proximities)- The proximity of the heat source allowed it to be detected by the sensor.
Synonyms
* closeness, nearnessDerived terms
* proximity fuze * proxemicsadjacent
English
Adjective
(-)- Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
- The picture is on the adjacent page .
Synonyms
* (lying next to) abutting, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed, nearAntonyms
* (lying next to) apart, distant, nonadjacentNoun
(en noun)- Again, the key colors have twice the area of the adjacents .
- Picking out the opposite, the adjacent , and the hypotenuse