There is little difference between coming (to or from) something and approaching something, except that approaching is more like "nearing". Coming to something, somewhere, or someone is more generic in distance than "approaching", which implies a nearness.
Example sentences:
The van was just approaching Exit 31, coming south.
While on the phone with UPS to find out when the driver was coming to my house, I saw through the window that he was approaching my door.
As I was coming to a corner and preparing to turn left, a car was approaching the intersection from the opposite direction.
When you feel like you are "coming and going" at the same time, you might be approaching your stress limit.
Approaching the car, the police officer asked, "Where were you coming from today, and where are you going?"
"I'm coming!" the woman yelled, as she was approaching several kids who had been yelling, "Mom?"
"Incoming" typically refers to something or someone that is approaching or arriving, such as incoming messages or an incoming storm. "Oncoming" specifically refers to something or someone that is approaching or moving forward, often in a direct or head-on manner, like an oncoming vehicle or an oncoming train.
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The difference between preceding and receding is that preceding means coming before and receding means falling back.
there is a difference between Cinemas and Theathers. I am not really sure what it is but I know there is one. because sometimes movie trailers will say coming to cinemas near you and others will say coming to theathers near you. so there is a difference.
I would describe the difference as adjective and noun. If something is foreign, its coming from abroad.
Some galaxies are bound together gravitationally into what is called Local Groups. Because of the gravitational attraction between them they are approaching each other.
because a storm is coming
In basic terms, following refers to something coming after, and preceding refers to something coming before.
balance of payments
If you are US citizen, you are petitioner, and the one who is coming to US is an applicant.
The temperature difference between the air coming out and the air going back in.