Future vs Incoming - What's the difference?
future | incoming |
The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
Goodness in what is yet to come/Something to look forward to.
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(finance) A standardized, tradable agreement between two parties that one will sell and the other will buy a specific commodity at a specific later date and a specific price.
Having to do with or occurring in the future.
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*:So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
Coming (or about to come) in.
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(military) a warning that something is coming towards you; especially enemy artillery fire
As nouns the difference between future and incoming
is that future is the time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced while incoming is the act of coming in; arrival.As adjectives the difference between future and incoming
is that future is having to do with or occurring in the future while incoming is coming (or about to come) in.As an interjection incoming is
(military) a warning that something is coming towards you; especially enemy artillery fire.future
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(wikipedia future)Noun
Revenge of the nerds, passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future , however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}
Usage notes
* (finance) The one who agrees to, at a future date, sell the commodity is considered to be selling the future; the other buys it. * (finance) A non-standardized contract to buy and sell in future is called forward or forward contract.Coordinate terms
* (finance) forwardAdjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* futurism * futurist * futuristic * retro future 1000 English basic words ----incoming
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Adjective
(-)Fenella Saunders, magazine=(American Scientist)
Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture, passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}