The difference between Essence and Quintessence

When used as nouns, essence means the inherent nature of a thing or idea, whereas quintessence means a thing that is the most perfect example of its type.


Quintessence is also verb with the meaning: to reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.

check bellow for the other definitions of Essence and Quintessence

  1. Essence as a noun:

    The inherent nature of a thing or idea.

  2. Essence as a noun (philosophy):

    The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.

  3. Essence as a noun:

    Constituent substance.

  4. Essence as a noun:

    A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.

  5. Essence as a noun:

    A significant feature of something.

  6. Essence as a noun:

    The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.

    Examples:

    "essence of Jojoba"

  7. Essence as a noun:

    An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring.

    Examples:

    "vanilla essence"

  8. Essence as a noun:

    Fragrance, a perfume.

  1. Quintessence as a noun:

    A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.

  2. Quintessence as a noun:

    A pure substance.

  3. Quintessence as a noun:

    The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.

  4. Quintessence as a noun (alchemy):

    The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water

  5. Quintessence as a noun (physics):

    A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.

  1. Quintessence as a verb (transitive):

    To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.

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