Approximate vs. Proximate

Approximateadjective

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Approximateadjective

Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.

Approximateverb

(ambitransitive) To estimate.

Approximateverb

(transitive) To come near to; to approach.

Approximateverb

(transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

Approximateadjective

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Approximateadjective

Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.

Approximateverb

To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

Approximateverb

To come near to; to approach.

Approximateverb

To draw; to approach.

Approximateverb

be close or similar;

Approximateverb

judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);

Approximateadjective

not quite exact or correct;

Approximateadjective

very close in resemblance;

Approximateadjective

located close together;

Proximateadjective

Close or closest; adjacent.

Proximateadjective

(legal) Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation.

Proximateadjective

About to take place; impending.

Proximatenoun

(linguistics) A grammatical marker in the Algonquian (and some other) languages for a principal third person.

Proximateadjective

Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.

Proximateadjective

closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects;

Proximateadjective

very close in space or time;

Proximateadjective

(especially of the cause of something) closest in relationship; immediate

Proximateadjective

closest in space or time

Proximateadjective

nearly accurate; approximate

Proximate

Proximates are used in the analysis of biological materials as a decomposition of a human-consumable good into its major constituents. They are a good approximation of the contents of packaged comestible goods and serve as a cost-effective and easy verification of nutritional panels.