Difference between Proximate and Immediate

Proximate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Close or closest; adjacent. Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation. About to take place; impending.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A grammatical marker in the Algonquian (and some other) languages for a principal third person

Immediate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: happening right away, instantly, with no delayVery close; direct or adjacent.

Example sentence: Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.