confront vs approach

approach vs confront

confront is not a noun while approach is a noun.

confront and approach both are verbs.

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

As verbs, approach is a hypernym of confront; that is, approach is a word with a broader meaning than confront:

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

Other hypernyms of confront include go about, set about.

confront (noun)	approach (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

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

Difference between confront and approach

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