The difference between Emergent and Nascent
When used as adjectives, emergent means emerging, whereas nascent means emerging.
Emergent is also noun with the meaning: a plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.
check bellow for the other definitions of Emergent and Nascent
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Emergent as an adjective:
Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
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Emergent as an adjective (botany):
Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
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Emergent as an adjective (botany, of a water-dwelling plant):
Having leaves and flowers above the water.
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Emergent as an adjective (video games):
Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
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Emergent as an adjective:
Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction; constituting an emergency.
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Emergent as an adjective (philosophy, science):
Having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.
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Emergent as a noun (botany):
A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.
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Nascent as an adjective:
Emerging; just coming into existence.
Examples:
"India has a nascent space industry."
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Nascent as an adjective (mathematics, obsolete):
Describing a quantity of object that is starting to grow from zero or an infinitesimal beginning. Also the creation or identification of an infinitesimal delta.
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Nascent as an adjective:
Describing the state, aspect, or practice of an abstract concept.
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Nascent as an adjective (chemistry):
Of the state of an element at the time it is being generated from some compound or transitioning from one state to another; Newly released from a compound (especially hydrogen and oxygen) by a chemical reaction or electrolysis and possessing heightened reactivity; Newly synthesized (especially protein or RNA) by translation or transcription.