advent

Compared meaning: the arrival or beginning of something (noun).

比较义项：某事物的到来、来临（名词）。

• coming

  More neutral and general; used for both ordinary, recurring arrivals (a season, a new year) and significant ones; often in the fixed phrase 'the coming of'.

  语气更中性、更通用；既可用于季节、新年等常规性、周期性的到来，也可用于重大事件，常见于固定搭配“the coming of”。

  The coming of the new year always fills people with hope for a fresh start.

  新年的到来总是让人们对新的开始充满希望。

• advent 本词

  More formal and literary; used almost only for a genuinely new and significant development, not for something that simply repeats; strongly linked to technology, eras or history.

  语气更正式、更书面化；几乎只用于真正新颖且意义重大的事物，而不用于单纯重复发生的事情；常与科技、时代、历史等词搭配。

  The advent of the internet completely transformed how people communicate.

  互联网的出现彻底改变了人们的交流方式。

Coming and advent both mean an arrival, but advent is more formal and literary, used only for a new, significant development, such as in technology or history. Coming is neutral, used for both ordinary and significant arrivals. Not compared: coming's verb use, Advent's Christmas sense.

这两个词都表示某事物的到来或开始，语气较为正式或文学化，但 advent 更强调具有重要意义、前所未有的开端，常用于科技、时代等重大变革；coming 语气更中性，也可用于季节更替等常规性的到来。这里不比较 coming 作为动词 come 的现在分词（正在来）用法，也不比较 advent 特指基督教圣诞节前的“将临期”（Advent）。