Seeming vs Substantial - What's the difference?
seeming | substantial |
apparent
* Shakespeare
outward appearance
* 1845 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ""
(obsolete) apprehension; judgement
Having to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.
Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
* "to do some substantial good, is the compensation for much incidental imperfection" - Cardinal Newman, The Rise and Progress of Universities
Corporeal; material; firm.
Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.
possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder.
Large in size, quantity, or value; as, a substantial amount of money; vast
Most important; essential.
Ample or full.
Significantly great.
As adjectives the difference between seeming and substantial
is that seeming is apparent while substantial is having to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.As nouns the difference between seeming and substantial
is that seeming is outward appearance while substantial is anything having substance; an essential part.As a verb seeming
is .seeming
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- seeming friendship
- My lord, you have lost a friend indeed; / And I dare swear you borrow not that face / Of seeming sorrow, it is sure your own.
Noun
(en noun)- And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting / On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; / And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, / And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor
- Nothing more clear unto their seeming . — Hooker.
- His persuasive words, impregned / With reason, to her seeming . — Milton.
Derived terms
* seemingness * seeminglysubstantial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A substantial amount of people in this buliding