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Impending vs Threatening - What's the difference?

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Impending is a synonym of threatening.


As adjectives the difference between impending and threatening

is that impending is approaching; drawing near; about to happen while threatening is presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.

As verbs the difference between impending and threatening

is that impending is while threatening is .

As a noun threatening is

an act of threatening; a threat.

impending

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
    • I have no time right now because of an impending paper submission deadline.

    Synonyms

    * imminent

    Related terms

    * impend * pending

    Verb

    (head)
    • The hurricane is impending .

    threatening

    English

    Alternative forms

    * threatning (obsolete)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.

    • Derived terms

    * life-threatening * nonthreatening, non-threatening * threateningly * threateningness * unthreatening

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of threatening; a threat.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts IV:
    • And nowe lorde beholde their threatenynges , and graunte unto thy servauntes wyth all confydence to speake thy worde.
  • * Charles Dickens, Pincher Astray
    • The butcher's boy — a fierce and beefy youth, who openly defied the dog, and waved him off with hurlings of his basket and threatenings of his feet, accompanied by growls of "Git out, yer beast!" — now entered silently