adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between.
a house with an adjacent garage
adjoining definitely implies meeting and touching at some point or line.
had adjoining rooms at the hotel
contiguous implies having contact on all or most of one side.
offices in all 48 contiguous states
juxtaposed means placed side by side especially so as to permit comparison and contrast.
a skyscraper juxtaposed to a church
Examples of adjoining in a Sentence
the cows had broken through the fence and were grazing in the adjoining field
Recent Examples on the WebArtists have also been drawn to its Belle Époque opulence: For 30 years, Salvador Dalí regularly checked into adjoining suites for a month-long stay.—Jessie Heyman, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2024 Zoom in: The facade of the historic Carnegie building will be kept intact, while a new adjoining building on the west side will add more overall space.—Meira Gebel, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024 The interiors flow across several micro-environments and spreads of beautiful French parquetry—from the bedroom and adjoining bathroom (spot the mosaic hand on the shower floor), to the low-slung cocoon-like daybed to a convertible dining table that expands to seat five friends.—Katharine Sohn, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2024 Perhaps the most important difference, though, is the training center and the adjoining Right to Dream Academy and residential school, which will have classrooms, dining facilities and living quarters for up to 100 youth players between the ages of 13 and 18.—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for adjoining
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English adjoynyng, from present participle of adjoynen "to adjoin"
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