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Looming vs Appearing - What's the difference?

looming | appearing |

As verbs the difference between looming and appearing

is that looming is present participle of lang=en while appearing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between looming and appearing

is that looming is the condition of something that looms or towers while appearing is appearance; act of coming into view.

looming

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The condition of something that looms or towers.
  • * (Thomas Carlyle)
    • But if no world exist in the man; if nothing but continents of empty vapour, of greedy self-conceits, commonplace hearsays, and indistinct loomings of a sordid chaos exist in him,

    appearing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • appearance; act of coming into view
  • * 1866', Caleb Webb, Discourses on 'the Lord's prayer (page 120)
    • Sudden and extensive disappearings and fresh appearings would startle and confound us, and if continued, would shatter our sense of personality out of us.