Abutting vs. Adjacent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Abutting and Adjacent
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Abutting
To touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent.
Adjacent
Next to or adjoining something else
Adjacent rooms
The area adjacent to the station
Abutting
To border upon or end at; be next to.
Adjacent
(of a pair of angles) formed on the same side of a straight line when intersected by another line.
Abutting
To support as an abutment.
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Adjacent
Close to; lying near
Adjacent cities.
Abutting
Facing each other, front to front.
Adjacent
Next to; adjoining
Adjacent garden plots.
Abutting
Present participle of abut
Adjacent
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
Abutting
Abutment
The abuttings of roads
Adjacent
Just before, after, or facing.
The picture is on the adjacent page.
Abutting
Having a common boundary or edge; touching;
Abutting lots
Adjoining rooms
Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut
The side of Germany conterminous with France
Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho
Neighboring cities
Adjacent
Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Adjacent
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
Adjacent
Next to; beside.
The house adjacent to the school was demolished.
A notice was sent to the house adjacent the school.
Adjacent
(figuratively) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Adjacent
Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.
I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians.
Adjacent
That which is adjacent.
Adjacent
Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space;
Had adjacent rooms
In the next room
The person sitting next to me
Our rooms were side by side
Adjacent
Having a common boundary or edge; touching;
Abutting lots
Adjoining rooms
Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut
The side of Germany conterminous with France
Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho
Neighboring cities
Adjacent
Near or close to but not necessarily touching;
Lands adjacent to the mountains
New York and adjacent cities
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