Impending vs Growing - What's the difference?
impending | growing |
Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
growth; increase
* 1852 , Henry Howe, Historical Collections of the Great West
That grows.
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As adjectives the difference between impending and growing
is that impending is approaching; drawing near; about to happen while growing is that grows.As verbs the difference between impending and growing
is that impending is while growing is .As a noun growing is
growth; increase.impending
English
Adjective
(-)- I have no time right now because of an impending paper submission deadline.
Synonyms
* imminentVerb
(head)- The hurricane is impending .
growing
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Some of these unhappy emigrants felt a general sinking of all their mental and bodily energies, without, however, experiencing the growings of hunger.
Adjective
(-)The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.