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

  1. Emergent as an adjective:

    Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.

  2. Emergent as an adjective (botany):

    Taller than the surrounding vegetation.

  3. Emergent as an adjective (botany, of a water-dwelling plant):

    Having leaves and flowers above the water.

  4. Emergent as an adjective (video games):

    Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.

  5. Emergent as an adjective:

    Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction; constituting an emergency.

  6. 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.

  1. Emergent as a noun (botany):

    A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.

  1. Nascent as an adjective:

    Emerging; just coming into existence.

    Examples:

    "India has a nascent space industry."

  2. 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.

  3. Nascent as an adjective:

    Describing the state, aspect, or practice of an abstract concept.

  4. 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.

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