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Imminent vs Dominant - What's the difference?

imminent | dominant |

As adjectives the difference between imminent and dominant

is that imminent is about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long while dominant is ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling.

As a noun dominant is

(music) the fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus g is the dominant of c, a of d, and so on.

imminent

English

(Imminence)

Adjective

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

    • 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

    External links

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    dominant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
  • (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
  • (BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
  • * 2011 , Jayne Rylon, Mistress's Master (page 65)
    • His story was a fable you told dominants in training to stress the importance of comprehending the depths of your submissive's needs.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling.
    • The dominant party controlled the government.
  • * Macaulay
    • The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, but imperious, insolent, and cruel.
  • Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
    • The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.
  • * 2009 , H. Stephen Stoker, General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry , page 10
    • All other elements are mere "impurities" when their abundances are compared with those of these two dominant elements.

    Synonyms

    * imposing * prevalent

    Antonyms

    * (ruling) obedient, submissive (one who obeys''); defiant, rebellious (''one who defys )