approaching vs closure

closure vs approaching

approaching and closure both are nouns.

approaching is an adjective but closure is not an adjective.

approaching is not a verb while closure is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
approaching	Yes	Yes	No	No
closure	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, closure is a hyponym of approaching; that is, closure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than approaching:

approaching: the act of drawing spatially closer to something
closure: approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap

Other hyponyms of approaching include access, closing, landing approach, run-up.

approaching (noun)	closure (noun)
the act of drawing spatially closer to something	termination of operations
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time	the act of blocking
the event of one object coming closer to another	approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
	an obstruction in a pipe or tube
	a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
	something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
	a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

approaching (adjective)	closure (adjective)
of the relatively near future

approaching (verb)	closure (verb)
	terminate debate by calling for a vote

Difference between approaching and closure

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