different between emerges vs appear

English

Verb

emerges

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emerge

Anagrams

• mergees

Latin

Verb

?merg?s

1. second-person singular future active indicative of ?merg?

Portuguese

Verb

emerges

1. second-person singular present indicative of emergir

Spanish

Verb

emerges

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of emerger.

English

Etymology

From Middle English apperen, aperen, borrowed from Old French aparoir (French apparoir, apparaître), from Latin app?re? (“I appear”), from ad (“to”) + p?re? (“I come forth, I become visible”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??pi?/, [??p?i?]
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /??pi??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

appear (third-person singular simple present appears, present participle appearing, simple past and past participle appeared)

1. (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

   • And God […] said, Let […] the dry land appear.
2. (intransitive) To come before the public.
3. (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.

   • We must all appear before the judgment seat.
4. (intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.

   • It doth not yet appear what we shall be.
5. (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

   • They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
6. (transitive) To bring into view.

   • [Angelo] is yet a devil / His filth within being cast, he would appear / A pond as deep as hell.

Usage notes

• Senses 4, 5. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
• Particularly senses 4,5, and 6, this is a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Synonyms

• (to become visible): emerge; see also Thesaurus:appear
• (seem): look

Antonyms

• (to become visible): disappear, vanish

Related terms

• appearance
• apparent

Translations