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Dying vs Disappearing - What's the difference?

dying | disappearing |

As nouns the difference between dying and disappearing

is that dying is (plurale tantum) those who are currently expiring, moribund while disappearing is disappearance.

As verbs the difference between dying and disappearing

is that dying is or dying can be (nonstandard) ) while disappearing is .

As an adjective dying

is approaching death; about to die; moribund.

dying

English

(wikipedia dying)

Etymology 1

Adjective

(-)
  • Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
    • The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!
    dying fire
  • Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
    • In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.
  • Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
    • His dying words were of his mother.
    until my dying day
    his dying bed
    Antonyms
    * nascent

    Noun

  • (plurale tantum) Those who are currently expiring, moribund.
    • The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying .
  • The process of approaching death; or, less precisely , death itself.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) )

    • Anagrams

    *

    disappearing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • disappearance
  • * 1866', Caleb Webb, Discourses on 'the Lord's prayer (page 120)
    • Sudden and extensive disappearings and fresh appearings would startle and confound us, and if continued, would shatter our sense of personality out of us.