2021-04-07
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – adjacent / contiguous
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง adjacent = ‘uh-JEY-suhnt’
ออกเสียง contiguous = ‘kuhn-TIG-yoo-uhs’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for adjacent
ADJACENT, ADJOINING, CONTIGUOUS, JUXTAPOSED
meanbeing in close proximity.
ADJACENT may or may not imply contact
but alwaysimplies absence of anything of the same kind in between.
a house with an adjacent garage
ADJOINING definitelyimplies meeting and touching at some point orline.
had adjoining rooms at the hotel
CONTIGUOUS implies having contact on all or most of one side.
offices in all 48 contiguous states
JUXTAPOSED means placed side by side especially so as to permit comparison and contrast.
a skyscraper juxtaposed to a church
Dictionary of Problem Words in English
adjacent / contiguous
In exact usage, adjacentmeans
“lying near,” “close at hand,” “neighboring,” and
contiguousmeans
“touching,” “in actual contact.”
Beads strung loosely are adjacent;
if strung tightly, they are contiguous.
In general usage, however, the words are interchangeable.
Adjacent, much the more commonly used word,
has these approximate synonyms:
adjoining, abutting, bordering, connecting and juxtaposed.
