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Coming vs Humming - What's the difference?

coming | humming |

As verbs the difference between coming and humming

is that coming is present participle of lang=en while humming is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between coming and humming

is that coming is the act of arriving; an arrival while humming is the sound of something that hums; a hum.

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

    humming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound of something that hums; a hum.
  • * 1969 , New York Magazine (volume 2, number 49, 8 December 1969, page 70)
    • There are some contemporary additions to these scattered fragments from Shakespeare. Mostly they are songs; sometimes they are various screechings and hummings