Middle East vs Near East

Near East vs Middle East

Middle East and Near East both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Middle East	Yes	No	No	No
Near East	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Middle East and Near East are synonyms defined as:

Middle East and Near East: the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century

Other synonyms of Middle East include Mideast.

Middle East (noun)	Near East (noun)
the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century	the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century

Difference between Middle East and Near East

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