Impending vs Loom - What's the difference?
impending | loom |
Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.
* Rambler
That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock
to impend; to threaten or hang over.
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To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
* J. M. Mason
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As verbs the difference between impending and loom
is that impending is present participle of lang=en while loom is to impend; to threaten or hang over.As an adjective impending
is approaching; drawing near; about to happen.As a noun loom is
a utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.impending
English
Adjective
(-)- I have no time right now because of an impending paper submission deadline.
Synonyms
* imminentVerb
(head)- The hurricane is impending .
loom
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lome, from (etyl) . See (l).Noun
(en noun)- Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.
Derived terms
* hand loom * power loomEtymology 2
Etymology 3
From (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- The clouds loomed over the mountains.
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- On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.