different between subsequent vs contiguous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French subséquent , from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequ?ns, present participle ofsubsequor (“I follow, I succeed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?bs?kw?nt/, /?s?bs?kw?nt/

Adjective

subsequent (not comparable)

1. Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
2. Following in order of place; succeeding.

Synonyms

• (following in order): next; see also Thesaurus:subsequent

Antonyms

• (following in order): preceding; see also Thesaurus:former

Derived terms

• subsequently

Related terms

Translations

References

English

Etymology

From Latin contiguus (“touching”), from contingere (“to touch”); see contingent, contact, contagion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?t??ju?s/
• Hyphenation: con?tig?u?ous

Adjective

contiguous (not comparable)

1. Connected; touching; abutting.
2. Adjacent; neighboring.
   • 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland

     Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small,

     He sees his little lot the lot of all;

     Sees no contiguous palace rear its head

     To shame the meanness of his humble shed;
3. Connecting without a break.

   the forty-eight contiguous states

Derived terms

• contiguousness
• contiguous United States

Related terms

• contiguity

Translations

See also

• coterminous

References

• contiguous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• contiguous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.