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Coming vs Advent - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between coming and advent

is that coming is the act of arriving; an arrival while advent is coming; coming to; approach; arrival.

As a verb coming

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective coming

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

As a proper noun Advent is

the first or the expected second coming of Christ.

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

    advent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Coming; coming to; approach; arrival.
  • * Young
    • Death's dreadful advent
  • * 1853 , , "Bartleby, the Scrivener," in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories'', New York: Penguin, 1968; reprinted 1995 as ''Bartleby , ISBN 0146000129, p. 3:
    • At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy.
  • (religion, Christianity, always capitalized) See Advent.

    • Synonyms

    * (coming) arrival, approach, oncome, onset

    Related terms

    * Advent * advene * Adventist * Advent Sunday * adventual * Advent wreath