Future vs. Feature — What's the Difference?

The future is the time after the present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics.

Any of the distinct parts of the face, as the eyes, nose, or mouth.

The indefinite time yet to come

Often features The overall appearance of the face or its parts.

Something that will happen in time to come

A prominent or distinctive part, quality, or characteristic

A prospective or expected condition, especially one considered with regard to growth, advancement, or development

A property of linguistic units or forms

Often futures A financial instrument that obligates the holder to buy or sell an asset at a set price on a specified date in the future

In generative linguistics, any of various abstract entities that specify or combine to specify phonological, morphological, semantic, and syntactic properties of linguistic forms and that act as the targets of linguistic rules and operations.

The form of a verb used in speaking of action that has not yet occurred or of states not yet in existence.

The main film presentation at a theater.

A verb form in the future tense.

A long, narrative movie, typically lasting more than one hour.

That is to be or to come; of or existing in later time.

A special attraction at an entertainment.

The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.

A prominent or special article, story, or department in a newspaper or periodical.

Something that will happen in moments yet to come.

An item advertised or offered as particularly attractive or as an inducement

Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.

Outward appearance; form or shape.

The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.

Physical beauty.

(grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.

To give special attention to; display, publicize, or make prominent.

(finance) futures

To have or include as a prominent part or characteristic

An object that retrieves the value of a promise.

To depict or outline the features of.

(sports) A minor-league prospect.

(Informal) To picture mentally; imagine

Having to do with or occurring in the future.

(obsolete) One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.

That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present.

An important or main item.

Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time to come.

(media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.

The possibilities of the future; - used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him.

(film) feature film

A future tense.

Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).

The time yet to come

(computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.

A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic.

Bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date

(archaeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.

Yet to be or coming;

(engineering) Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.

Effective in or looking toward the future;

An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model.

Coming at a subsequent time or stage;

(music) The act of being featured in a piece of music.

(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving;

(linguistics) The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.

A verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened;

(transitive) To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.

(transitive) To star, to contain.

(intransitive) To appear, to make an appearance.

To have features resembling.

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance.

The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the landscape.

A form; a shape.

A prominent aspect of something;

The characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin;

The principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater;

A special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine;

An article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles

Have as a feature;

Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner;