passing vs lateral

lateral vs passing

passing and lateral both are nouns.

passing and lateral both are adjectives.

passing is an adverb but lateral is not an adverb.

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

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

passing: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
lateral: a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

Other hyponyms of passing include aerial, forward pass, lateral pass, spot pass.

passing (noun)	lateral (noun)
going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it	a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
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

passing (adjective)	lateral (adjective)
of advancing the ball by throwing it	lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough	situated at or extending to the side
lasting a very short time
allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily

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

Difference between passing and lateral

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