The difference between Close and Narrow

When used as nouns, close means an end or conclusion, whereas narrow means a narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea.

When used as verbs, close means to remove a gap. to obstruct (an opening). to move so that an opening is closed. to make (e.g. a gap) smaller. to grapple, whereas narrow means to reduce in width or extent.

When used as adjectives, close means closed, shut, whereas narrow means having a small width.

check bellow for the other definitions of Close and Narrow

  1. Close as a verb (physical):

    To remove a gap. To obstruct (an opening). To move so that an opening is closed. To make (e.g. a gap) smaller. To grapple; to engage in close combat.

    Examples:

    "'Close the door behind you when you leave."

    "Jim was listening to headphones with his eyes closed."

    "The runner in second place is closing the gap on the leader."

    "to close the ranks of an army"

  2. Close as a verb (social):

    To finish, to terminate. To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate. To come to an end. To make a sale. To make the final outs, usually three, of a game. To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.

    Examples:

    "'close the session;   to close a bargain;   to close a course of instruction"

    "The debate closed at six o'clock."

    "He has closed the last two games for his team."

  3. Close as a verb:

    To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.

  4. Close as a verb (surveying):

    To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

  1. Close as a noun:

    An end or conclusion.

    Examples:

    "We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close."

  2. Close as a noun:

    The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.

  3. Close as a noun:

    A grapple in wrestling.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Francis Bacon"

  4. Close as a noun (music):

    The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.

  5. Close as a noun (music):

    A double bar marking the end.

  1. Close as an adjective (now, rare):

    Closed, shut.

  2. Close as an adjective:

    Narrow; confined.

    Examples:

    "a close alley; close quarters"

  3. Close as an adjective:

    At a little distance; near.

    Examples:

    "Is your house close?"

  4. Close as an adjective (legal):

    Intimate; well-loved. Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.

    Examples:

    "He is a close friend."

  5. Close as an adjective:

    Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.

  6. Close as an adjective (Ireland, England, Scotland, weather):

    Hot, humid, with no wind.

  7. Close as an adjective (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel):

    Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.

  8. Close as an adjective:

    Strictly confined; carefully guarded.

    Examples:

    "a close prisoner"

  9. Close as an adjective (obsolete):

    Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.

  10. Close as an adjective:

    Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.

    Examples:

    "a close contest"

  11. Close as an adjective:

    Short.

    Examples:

    "to cut grass or hair close"

  12. Close as an adjective (archaic):

    Dense; solid; compact.

  13. Close as an adjective (archaic):

    Concise; to the point.

    Examples:

    "close reasoning"

  14. Close as an adjective (dated):

    Difficult to obtain.

    Examples:

    "Money is close."

    "rfquotek Bartlett"

  15. Close as an adjective (dated):

    Parsimonious; stingy.

  16. Close as an adjective:

    Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.

    Examples:

    "a close translation"

    "rfquotek John Locke"

  17. Close as an adjective:

    Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.

    Examples:

    "The patient was kept under close observation."

  18. Close as an adjective:

    Marked, evident.

  1. Close as a noun (now, rare):

    An enclosed field.

  2. Close as a noun (British):

    A street that ends in a dead end.

  3. Close as a noun (Scotland):

    A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.

  4. Close as a noun (Scotland):

    The common staircase in a tenement.

  5. Close as a noun:

    A cathedral close.

  6. Close as a noun (legal):

    The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Bouvier"

  1. Narrow as an adjective:

    Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

    Examples:

    "a narrow hallway"

  2. Narrow as an adjective:

    Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

  3. Narrow as an adjective (figuratively):

    Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.

    Examples:

    "a narrow interpretation"

  4. Narrow as an adjective:

    Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted

    Examples:

    "a narrow mind"

    "'narrow views"

  5. Narrow as an adjective:

    Having a small margin or degree.

    Examples:

    "a narrow escape"

    "The Republicans won by a narrow majority."

  6. Narrow as an adjective (dated):

    Limited as to means; straitened

    Examples:

    "narrow circumstances"

  7. Narrow as an adjective:

    Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

  8. Narrow as an adjective:

    Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

  9. Narrow as an adjective (phonetics):

    Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.

  1. Narrow as a verb (transitive):

    To reduce in width or extent; to contract.

    Examples:

    "We need to narrow the search."

  2. Narrow as a verb (intransitive):

    To get narrower.

    Examples:

    "The road narrows."

  3. Narrow as a verb (of a person or eyes):

    To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.

    Examples:

    "He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits."

    "She wagged her finger in his face, and her eyes narrowed."

  4. Narrow as a verb (knitting):

    To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

  1. Narrow as a noun (chiefly, in the plural):

    A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.

    Examples:

    "the Narrows of New York harbor"

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