The difference between Transient and Transitory

When used as adjectives, transient means passing or disappearing with time, whereas transitory means lasting only a short time.

Transient is also noun with the meaning: something which is transient.

check bellow for the other definitions of Transient and Transitory

  1. Transient as an adjective:

    Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

    Examples:

    "a transient pleasure"

  2. Transient as an adjective:

    Remaining for only a brief time.

    Examples:

    "a transient view of a landscape"

    "a transient disease"

  3. Transient as an adjective (physics):

    Decaying with time, especially exponentially.

  4. Transient as an adjective (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a [[state]]):

    having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.

  5. Transient as an adjective:

    Occasional; isolated; one-off

  6. Transient as an adjective:

    Passing through; passing from one person to another.

  7. Transient as an adjective (music):

    Intermediate.

  8. Transient as an adjective (philosophy):

    Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.

  1. Transient as a noun:

    Something which is transient.

  2. Transient as a noun (physics):

    A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.

  3. Transient as a noun (acoustics):

    A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform which occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.

  4. Transient as a noun:

    A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker

  5. Transient as a noun:

    An unhoused person

  1. Transitory as an adjective:

    Lasting only a short time; temporary.

  2. Transitory as an adjective (legal, of an [[action]]):

    That may be brought in any county; opposed to local.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Blackstone"

    "rfquotek Bouvier"

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