adjacent vs encircling

adjacent

noun
  • Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite. 

adj
  • Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on. 

  • Related to; suggestive of; bordering on. 

  • Just before, after, or facing. 

prep
  • Next to; beside. 

  • Related to; suggestive of; bordering on. 

encircling

noun
  • encirclement 

adj
  • enclosing, skirting 

How often have the words adjacent and encircling occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )