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Showing vs Seeming - What's the difference?

showing | seeming |

As verbs the difference between showing and seeming

is that showing is present participle of lang=en while seeming is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between showing and seeming

is that showing is an occasion when something is shown while seeming is outward appearance.

As an adjective seeming is

apparent.

showing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An occasion when something is shown.
    • We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.
  • A result, a judgement.
    • He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.

    seeming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • apparent
    • seeming friendship
  • * Shakespeare
    • 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)
  • outward appearance
  • * 1845 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ""
    • 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
  • (obsolete) apprehension; judgement
    • Nothing more clear unto their seeming . — Hooker.
    His persuasive words, impregned / With reason, to her seeming . — Milton.

    Derived terms

    * seemingness * seemingly