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Vicinity vs Locale - What's the difference?

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Vicinity is a related term of locale.


As nouns the difference between vicinity and locale

is that vicinity is proximity, or the state of being near while locale is the place where something happens.

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.

    • locale

    English

    (wikipedia locale)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The place where something happens.
    • Being near running water and good shade, the explorers decided it was a good locale for setting up camp.
  • (computing) The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, paper format, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.