Imminent vs Escalate - What's the difference?
imminent | escalate |
about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
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to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up
in technical support, to transfer a telephone caller to the next higher level of authority
As an adjective imminent
is about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.As a verb escalate is
to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.imminent
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(Imminence)Adjective
(en adjective)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 * impendingDerived terms
* imminence * imminentlyExternal links
* * * ----escalate
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Verb
(transitive'' and ''intransitive )- Violence escalated during the election.
- The shooting escalated the existing hostility.
- The tech 1 escalated the caller to a tech 2.
