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Coming vs Emergence - What's the difference?

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Coming is a synonym of emergence.


As nouns the difference between coming and emergence

is that coming is the act of arriving; an arrival while emergence is emergence.

As a verb coming

is .

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

    emergence

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance.
  • In particular: the arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
  • See also

    * eclosion

    References

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