Difference between Close and Neighboring

What is the difference between Close and Neighboring?

Close as an adjective is closed, shut. while Neighboring as an adjective is situated or living nearby or adjacent to.

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: Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.

Neighboring

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be adjacent toTo be adjacent to

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

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