The difference between Infant and Nascent


Infant is also noun with the meaning: a very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.

Infant is also verb with the meaning: to bear or bring forth (a child).

Nascent is also adjective with the meaning: emerging.

check bellow for the other definitions of Infant and Nascent

  1. Infant as a noun:

    A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.

  2. Infant as a noun (legal):

    A minor.

  3. Infant as a noun (obsolete):

    A noble or aristocratic youth.

  1. Infant as a verb (obsolete):

    To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.

  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.