proximate vs immediate

proximate and immediate both are adjectives.

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

proximate (adjective)	immediate (adjective)
closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects	having no intervening medium
very close in space or time	very close or connected 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