Falling vs Coming - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between falling and coming

is that falling is while coming is .

As adjectives the difference between falling and coming

is that falling is that falls or fall while coming is approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.

As nouns the difference between falling and coming

is that falling is the action of the verb to fall while coming is the act of arriving; an arrival.

falling

English

Verb

(head)

Adjective

(-)

That falls or fall.

falling leaves

falling prices

Derived terms

* deviation of a falling body * downfalling * everfalling * falling action * falling band, falling-band * falling collar * falling diphthong * falling-disease * falling-door * falling dunes * falling-evil * falling factorial * falling film evaporator * falling front or back * falling-gate * falling-hinge * falling houses * falling-ill * falling-in * falling knife * falling leaf * falling limb * falling-mold, falling-mould * falling palate * falling rhythm * falling-rising * falling ruff * falling scream * falling sequential product * falling sickness, falling-sickness * falling-sluice * falling sphere * falling star, falling-star * falling stone * falling tide * falling tone * falling weather, falling-weather * falling weight deflectometer * in-falling, infalling * rising-falling * tear-falling * wall-falling

Noun

(en-noun)

The action of the verb to fall .

* (Jeremy Taylor)

Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.

Derived terms

* downfalling * falling axe * falling of the leaf * falling of the womb * falling rope * falling saw * falling-short * falling wedge * infalling * intelligent falling * off-falling * outfalling

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