Difference between Close and Equal

What is the difference between Close and Equal?

Close as an adjective is closed, shut. while Equal as an adjective is the same in all respects.

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: Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

Equal

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be equal to, to have the same value as.To have as its consequence.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: The same in all respects.Exactly identical, having the same value.Unvarying, fair.Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person or thing of equal status to others.

Example sentence: Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.

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

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