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appear vs show up

show up vs appear

appear and show up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
appear No No Yes No
show up No No Yes No
As verbs, show up is a hyponym of appear; that is, show up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than appear:
  • appear: come into sight or view
  • show up: appear or become visible; make a showing
Other hyponyms of appear include peep, erupt, manifest, wash up, come to hand, come to light, come on, come out, surface, turn up, emerge, outcrop, flash, flash, turn out, basset, crop out, re-emerge, reappear, emerge, break through, come through, break through, come out, erupt, push through, roll in, come to mind, spring to mind, burst forth, leap out, rush out, sally out, break, show, burst out, crop up, pop, pop out, pop up.
appear (verb) show up (verb)
come into sight or view appear or become visible; make a showing
be issued or published be or become visible or noticeable
come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
(of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent
present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
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