Difference between Shut and Close

What is the difference between Shut and Close?

Shut as a noun is a narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets. while Close as a noun is an end of something.

Shut

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To close, to stop from being open. To close, to stop being open. To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.

Example sentence: Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.

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: If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.

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

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