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Imminent vs Approaching - What's the difference?

imminent | approaching |

As adjectives the difference between imminent and approaching

is that imminent is about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long while approaching is that approaches or approach.

As an adverb approaching is

nearly.

As a verb approaching is

.

As a noun approaching is

the act of coming closer; an approach.

imminent

English

(Imminence)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
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    • Usage notes

    * Imminent and eminent are very similar sounds, and are weak rhymes; in some dialects, these may be confused. A typo of either word may result in a correction to the wrong word by spellchecking software. Imminent'' is also sometimes confused with ''immanent . * Said of danger, threat and death.

    Synonyms

    * inevitable * immediate * impending

    Derived terms

    * imminence * imminently

    Related terms

    * eminent * prominent

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    approaching

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That approaches or approach.
    • the approaching armies

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Nearly.
  • * 2011 March 16, , Opinion: There's more to fear from nature than nuclear power ,
    • The evacuation of approaching 200,000 people, along with reports of high radiation levels, of burning spent fuel, and apocalyptic footage of plumes of debris erupting from the stricken plant, will revive a question that seemed to have been retreating from global concerns: how safe is nuclear power?

    Verb

    (head)
    • The army was approaching from the north.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of coming closer; an approach.
  • * 2011 , Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology (page 168)
    • But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings , touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.
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