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Appears vs Appearing - What's the difference?

appears | appearing |

As verbs the difference between appears and appearing

is that appears is (appear) while appearing is .

As a noun appearing is

appearance; act of coming into view.

appears

English

Verb

(head)
  • (appear)
  • * 1846 , George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany: Volume 2, Part 2 , page 474
    • It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude.

    appearing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • appearance; act of coming into view
  • * 1866', Caleb Webb, Discourses on 'the Lord's prayer (page 120)
    • Sudden and extensive disappearings and fresh appearings would startle and confound us, and if continued, would shatter our sense of personality out of us.