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Vanishes vs Disappearance - What's the difference?

vanishes | disappearance |

As a verb vanishes

is (vanish).

As a noun disappearance is

the action of disappearing or vanishing.

vanishes

English

Verb

(head)
  • (vanish)

    • vanish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
  • *
  • *:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished , pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
  • (lb) To become equal to zero.
  • :The function f(x)=x2 vanishes at x=0.

    • Synonyms

    * disappear

    Derived terms

    * vanishing spray

    Noun

    (vanishes)
  • (phonetics) The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.
    • a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill.
    o as in old ordinarily ends with a vanish of oo as in foot.
    (Rush)

    See also

    * glide (Webster 1913)

    disappearance

    English

    Noun

    (s)
  • The action of disappearing or vanishing.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "disappearance")