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
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On the opening night of this year's conference, Natal Con attendees bound for the introductory dinner were greeted by a small group of student protesters from the adjoining University of Texas at Austin.—Lisa Hagen, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025 The final agreement comes nearly a year after it was first announced and a month shy of the three-year mark since a teenage gunman stormed into two adjoining classrooms, in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers while hundreds of law enforcement resources inexplicably waited outside.—Matt Friedman, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025 One choice is the idiosyncratic ETF described in the adjoining story.—William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Snowmass is also nearby and tends to have hotel options, like The Limelight and The Viceroy, which are better suited for families, thanks to proximity to more kid-friendly amenities and adjoining rooms.—Maggie Fuller, AFAR Media, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for adjoining
Word History
Etymology
Middle English adjoynyng, from present participle of adjoynen "to adjoin"
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