different between impending vs imminant

impending

English

Etymology

From impend +? -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?m?p?nd??/

Adjective

impending (not comparable)

  1. Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.

Synonyms

  • imminent, in the offing, proximate; see also Thesaurus:impending

Related terms

Translations

Verb

impending

  1. present participle of impend
    The hurricane is impending.

Noun

impending (plural impendings)

  1. Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.
    • 1994, Steve Garvey, quoted in 2000, Nicholas Barnes, Ainin H. Garvey, The Lost Writings of Steve Garvey (page 23)
      Although I do think about death quite regularly, my intense fear of lesser impendings has taught me that the only way I will survive it is to remain objective []

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imminant

French

Verb

imminant

  1. present participle of imminer

imminant From the web:

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