Showing vs Appearing - What's the difference?
showing | appearing |
An occasion when something is shown.
A result, a judgement.
appearance; act of coming into view
* 1866', Caleb Webb, Discourses on 'the Lord's prayer (page 120)
As verbs the difference between showing and appearing
is that showing is present participle of lang=en while appearing is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between showing and appearing
is that showing is an occasion when something is shown while appearing is appearance; act of coming into view.showing
English
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(head)Noun
(en noun)- We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.
- He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.
appearing
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(head)Noun
(en noun)- Sudden and extensive disappearings and fresh appearings would startle and confound us, and if continued, would shatter our sense of personality out of us.