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Coming vs Went - What's the difference?

coming | went |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between coming and went

is that coming is (obsolete) ready to come; complaisant; fond while went is (obsolete) a course; a way, a path; a journey.

As verbs the difference between coming and went

is that coming is while went is (go).

As nouns the difference between coming and went

is that coming is the act of arriving; an arrival while went is (obsolete) a course; a way, a path; a journey.

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

    went

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (go)
  • (nonstandard)
  • (archaic) (wend)

    • Derived terms

    * (l), (l) (both archaic)

    Statistics

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A course; a way, a path; a journey.
  • * Chaucer
    • At a turning of a wente .
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.5:
    • But here my wearie teeme, nigh over spent, / Shall breathe it selfe awhile after so long a went .

    Anagrams

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