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Approaching vs Attractive - What's the difference?

approaching | attractive |

As adjectives the difference between approaching and attractive

is that approaching is that approaches or approach while attractive is causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.

As an adverb approaching

is nearly.

As a verb approaching

is .

As a noun approaching

is the act of coming closer; an approach.

approaching

English

Adjective

(-)
  • That approaches or approach.
  • the approaching armies

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Nearly.
  • * 2011 March 16, , Opinion: There's more to fear from nature than nuclear power ,
  • The evacuation of approaching 200,000 people, along with reports of high radiation levels, of burning spent fuel, and apocalyptic footage of plumes of debris erupting from the stricken plant, will revive a question that seemed to have been retreating from global concerns: how safe is nuclear power?

    Verb

    (head)
  • The army was approaching from the north.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of coming closer; an approach.
  • * 2011 , Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology (page 168)
  • But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings , touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.
    English degree adverbs

    attractive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
  • Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
  • That's a very attractive offer.
  • Pleasing or appealing to the senses.
  • He is an attractive fellow with a trim figure.

    Synonyms

    * (causing attraction) magnetic * (having the power of charming) desirable * (pleasing or appealing to the senses) pretty, beautiful

    Antonyms

    * (having the power of charming) repulsive, ugly * (pleasing or appealing to the senses) repulsive, ugly * unattractive

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