Approaching vs Reaching - What's the difference?
approaching | reaching |
That approaches or approach.
Nearly.
* 2011 March 16, , Opinion:
The act of coming closer; an approach.
* 2011 , Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology (page 168)
As verbs the difference between approaching and reaching
is that approaching is present participle of lang=en while reaching is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between approaching and reaching
is that approaching is the act of coming closer; an approach while reaching is sailing on a reach, i.e. having the wind on either side and coming from an angle that is larger with respect to the bow than when sailing close-hauled.As an adjective approaching
is that approaches or approach.As an adverb approaching
is nearly.approaching
English
Adjective
(-)- the approaching armies
Adverb
(-)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)- 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.