immediate vs proximate

immediate and proximate both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
immediate	No	Yes	No	No
proximate	No	Yes	No	No

immediate (adjective)	proximate (adjective)
having no intervening medium	closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects
very close or connected in space or time	very close in space or time
performed with little or no delay
of the present time and place
immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect