appearance vs bearing

appearance

noun
  • The way something looks; personal presence 

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

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

  • 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. 

  • 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 

  • A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition. 

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

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

bearing

noun
  • One's posture, demeanor, or manner. 

  • One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively. 

  • A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction. 

  • The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction. 

  • Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms. 

  • That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports. 

  • Relevance; a relationship or connection. 

  • The unsupported span. 

  • The portion of a support on which anything rests. 

adj
  • That bears (some specified thing). 

  • Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load. 

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