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Simmering vs Imminent - What's the difference?

simmering | imminent |

As a verb simmering

is .

As a noun simmering

is the act of something that simmers.

As an adjective imminent is

about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.

simmering

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that simmers.
  • * 2003 , Ayala H. Emmett, Our Sisters' Promised Land (page 233)
    • The women's insistence since 1992 on justice for Palestinians predicted the political simmerings that would accompany partial justice and a limited peace process

    Anagrams

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    imminent

    English

    (Imminence)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
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    • Usage notes

    * Imminent and eminent are very similar sounds, and are weak rhymes; in some dialects, these may be confused. A typo of either word may result in a correction to the wrong word by spellchecking software. Imminent'' is also sometimes confused with ''immanent . * Said of danger, threat and death.

    Synonyms

    * inevitable * immediate * impending

    Derived terms

    * imminence * imminently

    Related terms

    * eminent * prominent

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