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Adjacent vs. Adjoining
Adjacent
/əˈdʒeɪsənt/Examples:
We walk alongside the road in an adjacent ditch.These were rural neighbors, cures and bailiffs of adjacent estates.The cafe adjacent to the library serves great coffee.
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Adjoining
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The library has an adjoining coffee shop for readers.Adjoining fields make up the farmer's extensive land.An adjoining room can be rented for additional space.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Adjacent is used when something is next to or beside another thing, but not necessarily touching it.
- Adjoining implies that two things are not only next to each other but also connected or touching.
- Remember that adjacent is more about proximity, while adjoining involves a physical connection.
- Think of adjacent like neighbors on the same street, while adjoining are like apartments sharing a wall.
- Use adjacent to describe things that are close by, and adjoining for things that are physically linked.
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