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Coming vs Coding - What's the difference?

coming | coding |

As verbs the difference between coming and coding

is that coming is while coding is .

As nouns the difference between coming and coding

is that coming is the act of arriving; an arrival while coding is the process of encoding or decoding.

As an adjective coming

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

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

    coding

    English

    Noun

  • The process of encoding or decoding.
  • The process of writing computer software code.
    • I spent all night on the coding , but the program was ready by morning.
  • An encoding.
  • (emergency medicine) A method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.
  • An alternative therapy used to treat addictions by convincing the patient (through hypnosis, placebos, etc.) that the substance will harm or kill them if they use it again.

    • Verb

    (head)