The difference between Proximate and Ultimate
When used as nouns, proximate means a grammatical marker in the algonquian (and some other) languages for a principal third person, whereas ultimate means the most basic or fundamental of a set of things.
When used as adjectives, proximate means close or closest, whereas ultimate means final.
Ultimate is also verb with the meaning: to finish.
check bellow for the other definitions of Proximate and Ultimate
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Proximate as an adjective:
Close or closest; adjacent.
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Proximate as an adjective (legal):
Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation.
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Proximate as an adjective:
About to take place; impending.
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Proximate as a noun (linguistics):
A grammatical marker in the Algonquian (and some other) languages for a principal third person.
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Ultimate as an adjective:
Final; last in a series.
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Ultimate as an adjective (of a syllable):
Last in a word or other utterance.
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Ultimate as an adjective:
Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
Examples:
"the ultimate pleasure"
"the ultimate disappointment"
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Ultimate as an adjective:
Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
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Ultimate as an adjective:
That will happen at some time; eventual.
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Ultimate as an adjective:
Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
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Ultimate as an adjective:
Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.
Examples:
"an ultimate constituent of matter"
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Ultimate as a noun:
The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
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Ultimate as a noun:
The final or most distant point; the conclusion
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Ultimate as a noun:
The greatest extremity; the maximum
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Ultimate as a noun (uncountable):
A non-contact competitive team sport played with a 175 gram flying disc, the object of which is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone.
Examples:
"pedialite Ultimate (sport)"
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Ultimate as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To finish; to complete.