passing vs death

death vs passing

passing and death both are nouns.

passing is an adjective but death is not an adjective.

passing is an adverb but death is not an adverb.

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

As nouns, death is a hypernym of passing; that is, death is a word with a broader meaning than passing:

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

Other hypernyms of passing include decease, expiry.

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

passing (adjective)	death (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

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

Difference between passing and death

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