The difference between Appearance and Look

When used as nouns, appearance means the act of appearing or coming into sight, whereas look means the action of looking.

Look is also interjection with the meaning: pay attention.

Look is also verb with the meaning: to try to see, to pay attention to with one's eyes.

check bellow for the other definitions of Appearance and Look

  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. Look as a verb (intransitive, often, with "at"):

    To try to see, to pay attention to with one's eyes.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: Thesaurus:look"

    "troponyms glance Thesaurus:stare"

    "'Look at my new car!"

    "Don’t look in the closet."

  2. Look as a verb:

    To appear, to seem.

    Examples:

    "It looks as if it’s going to rain soon."

  3. Look as a verb (copulative):

    To give an appearance of being.

    Examples:

    "That painting looks nice."

  4. Look as a verb (intransitive, often, with "for"):

    To search for, to try to find.

  5. Look as a verb:

    To face or present a view.

    Examples:

    "The hotel looks over the valleys of the HinduKush."

  6. Look as a verb:

    To expect or anticipate.

    Examples:

    "I look to each hour for my lover’s arrival."

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  7. Look as a verb (transitive):

    To express or manifest by a look.

  8. Look as a verb (transitive, often, with "to"):

    To make sure of, to see to.

  9. Look as a verb (dated, sometimes, figurative):

    To show oneself in looking.

    Examples:

    "'Look out of the window [i.e. lean out] while I speak to you."

  10. Look as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To look at; to turn the eyes toward.

  11. Look as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To seek; to search for.

  12. Look as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.

    Examples:

    "to look down opposition"

  13. Look as a verb (baseball):

    To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.

    Examples:

    "The fastball caught him looking.'"

    "Clem Labine struck Mays out looking at his last at bat."

    "It's unusual for Mays to strike out looking. He usually takes a cut at it."

  1. Look as a noun:

    The action of looking; an attempt to see.

    Examples:

    "Let’s have a look under the hood of the car."

  2. Look as a noun (often plural):

    Physical appearance, visual impression.

    Examples:

    "She got her mother’s looks."

    "I don’t like the look of the new design."

  3. Look as a noun:

    A facial expression.

    Examples:

    "He gave me a dirty look."

    "If looks could kill ..."

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