different between closeness vs propinquity

closeness

English

Etymology

close +? -ness

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kl??sn?s/

Noun

closeness (usually uncountable, plural closenesses)

  1. The state of being close (all senses)
  2. The state of being friends
  3. The state of being mean or stingy
  4. The state of being secretive
  5. (mathematics) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph
  6. (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 [...]

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)

  1. Nearness or proximity.
    Synonym: (obsolete) appropinquity
  2. 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.

Translations

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