decease vs passing

passing vs decease

decease and passing both are nouns.

decease is not an adjective while passing is an adjective.

decease is a verb but passing is not a verb.

decease is not an adverb while passing is an adverb.

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

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

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

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

decease (noun)	passing (noun)
the event of dying or departure from life	going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
	success in satisfying a test or requirement
	(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
	a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
	euphemistic expressions for death
	the motion of one object relative to another
	the end of something

decease (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

decease (verb)	passing (verb)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

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

Difference between decease and passing

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