nearness vs adjacency
adjacency vs nearnessnearness and adjacency both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nearness | Yes | No | No | No |
| adjacency | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
adjacency is a hyponym of
nearness; that is, adjacency is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
nearness:
- nearness: the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
- adjacency: the attribute of being so near as to be touching
| nearness (noun) | adjacency (noun) |
|---|---|
| the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance | the attribute of being so near as to be touching |
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