Approach vs. Manner — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Approach and Manner
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Approach
To come near or nearer, as in space or time
Spring approaches.
Manner
A way in which a thing is done or happens
Taking notes in an unobtrusive manner
Approach
(Sports) To make an approach, as in golf.
Manner
A person's outward bearing or way of behaving towards others
His arrogance and pompous manner
Approach
To come or go near or nearer to
Approached the tunnel.
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Manner
Polite or well-bred social behaviour
Didn't your mother teach you any manners?
Approach
To come close to, as in appearance, quality, or condition; approximate
The performance approaches perfection.
Manner
A way of doing something or the way in which a thing is done or happens
Prepared for the trip in a very organized manner.
Approach
To make a proposal or overtures to with a specific end in view
Approached the administration for a raise.
Manner
A way of acting; bearing or behavior
He is known for his reserved manner.
Approach
To begin to deal with or work on
Approached the task with dread.
Approached the issue from a historical perspective.
Manner
The socially correct way of acting; etiquette
Had trouble mastering manners in his new country.
Approach
The act of approaching
The approach of night.
Manner
The prevailing customs, social conduct, and norms of a specific society, period, or group, especially as the subject of a literary work
A novel of 18th-century manners.
Approach
A fairly close resemblance; an approximation.
Manner
Practice, style, execution, or method in the arts
This fresco is typical of the painter's early manner.
Approach
A way or means of reaching something; an access
An approach to the bridge.
Manner
Kind; sort
What manner of person is she?.
Approach
The method used in dealing with or accomplishing
A logical approach to the problem.
Manner
Kinds; sorts
Saw all manner of people at the mall.
Approach
An advance or overture made by one person to another.
Manner
Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything
Approach
The golf stroke following the drive from the tee with which a player tries to get the ball onto the putting green.
Manner
Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.
Approach
The steps taken prior to executing a competitive maneuver, as by a diver before diving forward from a springboard or by a bowler before delivering the ball.
Manner
One's customary method of acting; habit.
These people have strange manners.
Approach
The part of the area behind the foul line in a bowling alley used by a bowler in delivering the ball.
Manner
Good, polite behaviour.
Approach
(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
Manner
The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
Approach
To play an approach shot.
Manner
A certain degree or measure.
It is in a manner done already.
Approach
Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
He approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
Manner
Sort; kind; style.
All manner of persons participate.
Approach
Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
As we drove along the driveway, the trees approaching the house seemed more eerie.
Manner
Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.
Approach
To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
“Would counsel please approach the bench?” asked the judge.
He approached the age of manhood.
Manner
Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land.
The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful, manner.
Approach
(transitive) To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
Manner
Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.
Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them.
Air and manner are more expressive than words.
Approach
(transitive) To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
Manner
Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address; as, mind your manners!.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
Approach
(transitive) To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
Manner
Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.
The bread is in a manner common.
Approach
To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
Manner
The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
Approach
To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.
Manner
Sort; kind; style; - in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds; as, all manners of people came to the rally.
And they being afraid wondered, saying to one another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him.
Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs.
I bid thee say,What manner of man art thou?
Approach
An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
Manner
How something is done or how it happens;
Her dignified manner
His rapid manner of talking
Their nomadic mode of existence
In the characteristic New York style
A lonely way of life
In an abrasive fashion
Approach
An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
Manner
A way of acting or behaving
Approach
An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
Manner
A kind;
What manner of man are you?
Approach
(climbing) A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
Approach
(figuratively) A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
Approach
(archaic) An opportunity of drawing near; access.
Approach
The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
Approach
A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport.
We flew the RNAV/GPS A approach to runway 16.
Approach
(bowling) The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
Approach
To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city?
But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Approach
To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
Approach
To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
Approach
To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.
He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer.
Approach
To take approaches to.
Approach
The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
A nearer approach to the human type.
Approach
A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
The approach to kings and principal persons.
Approach
Movements to gain favor; advances.
Approach
A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
Approach
The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
Approach
See Approaching.
Approach
A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.
Approach
That part of a flight during which an airplane descends toward the landing strip.
Approach
The steps taken by a bowler just before delivering the ball toward the pins.
Approach
Ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation;
His approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons
An attack on inflation
His plan of attack was misguided
Approach
The act of drawing spatially closer to something;
The hunter's approach scattered the geese
Approach
A way of entering or leaving;
He took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge
Approach
The final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
Approach
The event of one object coming closer to another
Approach
A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others;
She rejected his advances
Approach
The temporal property of becoming nearer in time;
The approach of winter
Approach
A close approximation;
The nearest approach to genius
Approach
A relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green;
He lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green
Approach
Move towards;
We were approaching our destination
They are drawing near
The enemy army came nearer and nearer
Approach
Come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character;
This borders on discrimination!
His playing approaches that of Horowitz
Approach
Begin to deal with;
Approach a task
Go about a difficult problem
Approach a new project
Approach
Come near in time;
Winter is approaching
Approaching old age
Approach
Make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion;
I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters
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