different between closeness vs propinquity
closeness
English
Etymology
close +? -ness
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kl??sn?s/
Noun
closeness (usually uncountable, plural closenesses)
- The state of being close (all senses)
- The state of being friends
- The state of being mean or stingy
- The state of being secretive
- (mathematics) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph
- (archaic) Solitude, seclusion
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- I thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated / To closeness and the bettering of my mind [...]
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
Synonyms
- (physical): proximity, nearness
- (friends): intimacy
- (stingy):
- (secretive):
Translations
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propinquity
English
Etymology
propinqu(ent) +? -ity, from Old French propinquité or Latin propinquit?s, from propinquus (“neighbouring”) (from prop(e) (“near”) +? (h)inc (“hence”) +? -uus).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???p??.kw?.ti/
Noun
propinquity (countable and uncountable, plural propinquities)
- Nearness or proximity.
- Synonym: (obsolete) appropinquity
- Affiliation or similarity.
- 1979, Ybarra v. Illinois, 444 U.S. 85, 86 (1979):
- [A] person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not, without more, give rise to probable cause to search that person.
- 2012, Andrew Marr (heard at the Leveson inquiry.)
- Propinquity and corruption don't always go side by side.
- 1979, Ybarra v. Illinois, 444 U.S. 85, 86 (1979):
Translations
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