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
-
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.
-
Infant as a noun (legal):
A minor.
-
Infant as a noun (obsolete):
A noble or aristocratic youth.
-
Infant as a verb (obsolete):
To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.
-
Nascent as an adjective:
Emerging; just coming into existence.
Examples:
"India has a nascent space industry."
-
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.
-
Nascent as an adjective:
Describing the state, aspect, or practice of an abstract concept.
-
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.