different between coming vs nascence

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?m??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English cominge, comynge, comande, from Old English cumende, from Proto-Germanic *kwemandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kweman? (“to come”), equivalent to come +? -ing (present participle ending). Cognate with Dutch komend (“coming”), German kommend (“coming”), Swedish kommande (“coming”), Icelandic komandi (“coming”).

Verb

coming

1. present participle of come

Derived terms

• a long time coming
• have it coming
• see coming

Etymology 2

From Middle English coming, commyng, cumming, equivalent to come +? -ing (gerundive ending).

Noun

coming (plural comings)

1. The act of arriving; an arrival

Derived terms

• aftercoming
• forecoming
• forthcoming
• gaincoming
• second coming

Translations

Adjective

coming (not comparable)

1. Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
2. Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.

3. (obsolete) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.

   • How coming to the poet every muse!

Synonyms

• (of the future): unborn; see also Thesaurus:future

Translations

Derived terms

• coming on
• this coming
• up-and-coming

Anagrams

• gnomic

English

Etymology

From Latin nascentem (“arising young, immature”), present participle of nasci (“to be born”) (Old Latin gnasci; see genus).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?ne?.s?ns/

Noun

nascence (plural nascences)

1. (rare) Birth.
   • 2004, Linda Dorrell, The Trees of Eden: A Novel, Fleming H Revell Company (?ISBN):

     He had discerned that I was with child. He was a physician first. When he came around offering to see me through my baby's nascence, Mother so thoroughly scolded him for his audacity that he was again left speechless. "I will see to the birth ..."

2. Coming into being; inception, beginning.
   • 2014, Terry Rey, Bourdieu on Religion: Imposing Faith and Legitimacy, Routledge (?ISBN), page 119:

     Careful examination of Romaine's prophecy reveals the operative nature of the Kongolese religious habitus in the nascence of Haitian Vodou, a religion that truly began to crystallize during the Revolution.

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