coming vs reaching
reaching vs comingcoming and reaching both are nouns.
coming is an adjective but reaching is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| coming | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| reaching | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
reaching is a hypernym of
coming; that is, reaching is a
word with a broader meaning than coming:
- coming: arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
- reaching: accomplishment of an objective
Other hypernyms of coming include
arrival.
| coming (noun) | reaching (noun) |
|---|---|
| the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse | accomplishment of an objective |
| arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) | the act of physically reaching or thrusting out |
| the act of drawing spatially closer to something | |
| the temporal property of becoming nearer in time |
| coming (adjective) | reaching (adjective) |
|---|---|
| of the relatively near future |
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