The difference between Incipient and Nascent
When used as adjectives, incipient means in an initial stage, whereas nascent means emerging.
Incipient is also noun with the meaning: beginner.
check bellow for the other definitions of Incipient and Nascent
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Incipient as an adjective:
In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
Examples:
"After 500 years, incipient towns appeared."
"Employees shall be familiarized with the use of a fire extinguisher in incipient stage fire fighting."
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Incipient as a noun (countable, obsolete):
beginner
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Incipient as a noun (uncountable, grammar):
A verb tense of the Hebrew language.
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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.