Close and Parallel

Close

Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.

Parallel and close are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Parallel" instead an adjective "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Parallel

Parallel adjective - Having qualities in common.
Usage example: parallel lives of two friends who first met in college

Close and parallel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Parallel".

Nearby Words: parallelize, parallelism, paralleled, paralleling, parallelise

How words are described

good good close good parallel
nice nice close nice parallel
exact exact close exact parallel
direct direct close direct parallel
Other adjectives: perfect, disturbing, little, stark, ominous, consistent, different, closest, nearest, straight-up.

Common collocations

part close part parallel part
name close name parallel name
show close show parallel show
way close way parallel way
Other words: investigation.

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / European Swordsmanship If the blades come close to parallel in any of these planes, it presents an opportunity for a sword to slip out of the bind and makes a double-kill much more likely.
  • Through Cauldron timefuckery, Makoto finds herself pulled into a parallel world where she in fact exists... but her close friend Noel Vermillion never did.
  • Cool Sword A mystical superpowered weapon granting superstrength and reflexes on absurd levels as well as being able to open and close routes between parallel universes.
    Source: Cool Sword
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