Imminent vs Incoming - What's the difference?
imminent | incoming |
about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
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Coming (or about to come) in.
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(military) a warning that something is coming towards you; especially enemy artillery fire
As adjectives the difference between imminent and incoming
is that imminent is about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long while incoming is coming (or about to come) in.As a noun incoming is
the act of coming in; arrival.As an interjection incoming is
(military) a warning that something is coming towards you; especially enemy artillery fire.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
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Adjective
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