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Ahead vs Coming - What's the difference?

ahead | coming |

As an adverb ahead

is in or to the front; in advance; onward.

As a verb coming is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun coming is

the act of arriving; an arrival.

As an adjective coming is

approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.

ahead

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In or to the front; in advance; onward.
    • The island bore but a little ahead of us. --Fielding.
  • Having progressed more.
    • He is far ahead of his class in math.
  • In the direction one is facing or moving.
    • Just ahead you can see the cliffs.
  • in the future, preceding
  • *{{quote-news, date = 21 August 2012
    • , first = Ed , last = Pilkington , title = Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , newspaper = The Guardian , url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/21/death-penalty-trial-reggie-clemons?newsfeed=true , page = , passage = The Reggie Clemons case has been a cause of legal dispute for the past two decades. Prosecutors alleged that he and his co-defendants brutally cut short the lives of Julie and Robin Kerry, sisters who had just started college and had their whole adult lives ahead of them. }}

    Derived terms

    * ahead of one's time * get ahead of oneself * straight ahead

    Antonyms

    * (nautical) astern * behind

    Anagrams

    *

    coming

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) present participle of

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of arriving; an arrival
    • Derived terms
    * second coming

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
    • We expect great things from you this coming year.
    She will have two or three paintings in the coming exhibition.
  • * Byron
    • your coming days and years
  • Deserved.
    • When he was fired, nobody was surprised or upset because they thought he had it coming .
  • Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.
    • Ergonomic wallets are the coming thing.
  • (obsolete) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.
    • (Alexander Pope)

    Derived terms

    * coming on * up-and-coming

    Anagrams

    * gnomic