Difference between Neighbour and Neighbor

What is the difference between Neighbour and Neighbor?

Neighbour as a noun is a person living on adjacent or nearby land. while Neighbor as a noun is a person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

Neighbour

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person living on adjacent or nearby land.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be adjacent to (more often used as neighbouring)

Example sentence: Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees.

Neighbor

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be adjacent to

Example sentence: Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.

We hope you now know whether to use Neighbour or Neighbor in your sentence.

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