different between dying vs disappear

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?.??/
• Homophone: dyeing

Etymology 1

die +? -ing

Adjective

dying (not comparable)

1. Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

   The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!

   a dying fire

   The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.

2. Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

   In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.

3. Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

   His dying words were of his mother.

   until my dying day

   his dying bed

Antonyms

• nascent

Translations

Noun

dying (countable and uncountable, plural dyings)

1. The process of approaching death; loss of life; death.

Translations

Verb

dying

1. present participle of die

Etymology 2

dye +? -ing

Verb

dying

1. (nonstandard) present participle of dye

Anagrams

• dingy

English

Etymology

dis- +? appear

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s??p??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s??p??/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /d?s??pi??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

disappear (third-person singular simple present disappears, present participle disappearing, simple past and past participle disappeared)

1. (intransitive) To vanish.

   Synonyms: dematerialize, vanish

   Antonym: appear

2. (transitive) To make vanish; especially, to abduct and murder surreptitiously for political reasons.
3. (intransitive) To go away; to become lost.

Related terms

• disappearance

Translations

Anagrams

• appraised