The difference between Appearance and Aspect

When used as nouns, appearance means the act of appearing or coming into sight, whereas aspect means any specific feature, part, or element of something.

check bellow for the other definitions of Appearance and Aspect

  1. Appearance as a noun:

    The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.

    Examples:

    "His sudden appearance surprised me."

  2. Appearance as a noun:

    A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.

    Examples:

    "There was a strange appearance in the sky."

  3. Appearance as a noun:

    The way something looks; personal presence

    Examples:

    "synonyms: aspect mien"

  4. Appearance as a noun:

    Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.

    Examples:

    "Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my appearance."

  5. Appearance as a noun (philosophy, theology):

    That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality

    Examples:

    "Catholicism teaches that the Eucharist, while remaining under the physical appearance of bread and wine, becomes really and truly the body and the blood of Christ."

  6. Appearance as a noun:

    The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.

    Examples:

    "A person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator."

    "David Beckham's first appearance with the LA Galaxy at Giants Stadium against the New York Red Bulls last night drew a crowd of 66237."

  7. Appearance as a noun (legal):

    An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance

  8. Appearance as a noun (medical):

    Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.

    Examples:

    "The patient had a small bowel obstruction and there was no appearance until after the obstruction resolved."

  1. Aspect as a noun:

    Any specific feature, part, or element of something.

  2. Aspect as a noun:

    The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.

  3. Aspect as a noun:

    The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.

  4. Aspect as a noun:

    A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.

  5. Aspect as a noun:

    One's appearance or expression.

  6. Aspect as a noun:

    Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.

    Examples:

    "The house has a southern aspect, i.e. a position which faces the south."

  7. Aspect as a noun:

    Prospect; outlook.

  8. Aspect as a noun (grammar):

    A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.

  9. Aspect as a noun (astrology):

    The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.

  10. Aspect as a noun (obsolete):

    The act of looking at something; gaze.

  11. Aspect as a noun (obsolete):

    Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.

  12. Aspect as a noun (programming):

    In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.

  1. Aspect as a verb (astrology):

  2. Aspect as a verb (Wicca):

    To channel a divine being.

  3. Aspect as a verb (obsolete):

    To look at.

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