Difference between Close and Close-fitting

What is the difference between Close and Close-fitting?

Close as an adjective is closed, shut. while Close-fitting as an adjective is snug, tight, form fitting.

Close

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Closed, shut. At a little distance; near. Intimate; well-loved. hot, humid, with no wind.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To obstruct (an opening). To move so that an opening is closed. To put an end to. To make (e.g. a gap) smaller. To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon. To make a sale. To make the final outs, usually three, of a game. To terminate a computer program or a window or file thereof.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An end of something. An enclosed field. A street that ends in a dead end. A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor. A cathedral close.

Example sentence: Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person they are almost indistinguishable.

Close-fitting

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Snug, tight, form fitting.

We hope you now know whether to use Close or Close-fitting in your sentence.

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