approach vs confront

confront vs approach

approach is a noun but confront is not a noun.

approach and confront both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
approach	Yes	No	Yes	No
confront	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, confront is a hyponym of approach; that is, confront is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than approach:

approach: begin to deal with
confront: deal with (something unpleasant) head on

Other hyponyms of approach include face, face up.

approach (noun)	confront (noun)
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
a way of entering or leaving
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
a close approximation
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
the event of one object coming closer to another
the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

approach (verb)	confront (verb)
make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion	deal with (something unpleasant) head on
move towards	present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
come near in time	oppose, as in hostility or a competition
begin to deal with	be face to face with
come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character

Difference between approach and confront

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