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Vicinity vs Adjacency - What's the difference?

vicinity | adjacency |

As nouns the difference between vicinity and adjacency

is that vicinity is proximity, or the state of being near while adjacency is (uncountable) the quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.

vicinity

English

Noun

(wikipedia vicinity) (vicinities)
  • Proximity, or the state of being near.
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  • Neighbourhood, or the nearby region.
  • Approximate size or amount.

    • adjacency

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.
  • (countable) A relationship of being adjacent to something.
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    • , passage=“With the adjacencies for victims whose families wish them to be listed together,

    Derived terms

    * adjacency matrix * adjacency pair