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Surrounding vs Vicinity - What's the difference?

surrounding | vicinity |

As nouns the difference between surrounding and vicinity

is that surrounding is outlaying area; area in proximity to something while vicinity is (proximity, or the state of being near)Proximity, or the state of being near.

As a verb surrounding

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective surrounding

is which surrounds something.

surrounding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • outlaying area; area in proximity to something
  • environment

    • Synonyms

    * periphery

    Adjective

    (-)
  • which surrounds something

    • 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.