Difference between Approaching and Forthcoming

What is the difference between Approaching and Forthcoming?

Approaching as an adjective is that approaches or approach. while Forthcoming as an adjective is approaching or about to take place.

Approaching

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: That approaches or approach.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

Example sentence: I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.

Forthcoming

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Approaching or about to take place.Available when needed.Considerate and affable; willing to cooperate.

Example sentence: I have chosen my own title for my name and it will be that of my mother. I will henceforth be called Kanmani Raghava Lawrence in my forthcoming movies! Nothing can bring me more happiness than my mother's name. No title can be equal to this!

We hope you now know whether to use Approaching or Forthcoming in your sentence.

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