death vs passing

passing vs death

death and passing both are nouns.

death is not an adjective while passing is an adjective.

death is not an adverb while passing is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
death	Yes	No	No	No
passing	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

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

death: the event of dying or departure from life
passing: euphemistic expressions for death

Other hyponyms of death include fatality, human death, martyrdom, megadeath, departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, release, wrongful death.

death (noun)	passing (noun)
the act of killing	going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
the event of dying or departure from life	success in satisfying a test or requirement
the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism	(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
the absence of life or state of being dead	a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
a final state	euphemistic expressions for death
the time when something ends	the motion of one object relative to another
the time at which life ends; continuing until dead	the end of something

death (adjective)	passing (adjective)
	of advancing the ball by throwing it
	hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
	lasting a very short time
	allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily

death (adverb)	passing (adverb)
	to an extraordinary degree

Difference between death and passing

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