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Conterminous vs. Contiguous
Conterminous
Examples:
The two states are conterminous, sharing a long border.Their fields are conterminous, meeting at the old stone wall.Conterminous areas often benefit from mutual trade agreements.
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Contiguous
/kənˈtɪɡjʊəs/Examples:
The investor holds several contiguous plots of land.The two countries share a contiguous border along the river.Contiguous files on the disk improve reading speed.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Conterminous and contiguous both imply touching or sharing a boundary, but they are used in slightly different contexts.
- Conterminous often implies being enclosed within the same boundaries, often used for political or geographic entities.
- Contiguous, on the other hand, implies that something is in actual physical contact or is unbroken across a stretch.
- Remember, conterminous suggests an overlap or shared boundary, like neighboring countries.
- Contiguous suggests a more direct touch or adjacency, like states in a country.
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