Close and Proportional

Close

Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.

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

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

Proportional

Proportional adjective - Corresponding in size, amount, extent, or degree.

Close and proportional are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Proportional".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Webcomic / 8-Bit Theater Anger Makes You Dumb: Black Mage's intelligence is inversely proportional to one of two things: how close he is to White Mage, or how angry he is.
  • Nuke 'em Mekton has rules for nuclear weapons, with the degree to which you are screwed being directly proportional to how close you are to the centre of the blast.
    Source: Nuke 'em
  • Western Animation / Star Wars: Clone Wars This seems inversely proportional to how close the camera is to the combatants.
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