Adjoining and Adjacent

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Adjoining adjective – Having a border in common.

Usage example: the cows had broken through the fence and were grazing in the adjoining field

Adjacent is a synonym for adjoining in connecting topic. In some cases you can use "Adjacent" instead an adjective "Adjoining", when it comes to topics like close, position, near, contiguous. popular alternative

Nearby Word: adjoined

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Adjacent adjective – Having a border in common.

Usage example: their house is adjacent to a wooded park

Adjoining is a synonym for adjacent in next to topic. You can use "Adjoining" instead the word "Adjacent" as an adjective or a preposition, if it concerns topics such as close, near, contiguous, neighboring. popular alternative

Nearby Words: adjacency, adjacently

room	adjoining room	adjacent room
stall	adjoining stall	adjacent stall
building	adjoining building	adjacent building
bed	adjoining bed	adjacent bed
Other nouns: bath, hex, rooms, city, balcony, apartments, territories, houses, cells, towns.

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