Imminent vs Evident - What's the difference?
imminent | evident |
about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
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Obviously true by simple observation.
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As adjectives the difference between imminent and evident
is that imminent is about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long while evident is obviously true by simple observation.imminent
English
(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
* * * ----evident
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
citation, passage=Maccario, it was evident , did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them.}}