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approaching vs access

access vs approaching

approaching and access both are nouns.

approaching is an adjective but access is not an adjective.

approaching is not a verb while access is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
approaching Yes Yes No No
access Yes No Yes No
As nouns, access is a hyponym of approaching; that is, access is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than approaching:
  • approaching: the act of drawing spatially closer to something
  • access: the act of approaching or entering
Other hyponyms of approaching include closing, closure, landing approach, run-up.
approaching (noun) access (noun)
the act of drawing spatially closer to something the act of approaching or entering
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time a way of entering or leaving
the event of one object coming closer to another (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
the right to enter
the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)
approaching (adjective) access (adjective)
of the relatively near future
approaching (verb) access (verb)
reach or gain access to
obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
Difference between approaching and access

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