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commencement vs incipiency

incipiency vs commencement

commencement and incipiency both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
commencement Yes No No No
incipiency Yes No No No
As nouns, incipiency is a hyponym of commencement; that is, incipiency is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than commencement:
  • commencement: the time at which something is supposed to begin
  • incipiency: beginning to exist or to be apparent
Other hyponyms of commencement include birth, incipience, starting point, terminus a quo, threshold.
commencement (noun) incipiency (noun)
the act of starting something beginning to exist or to be apparent
an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
the time at which something is supposed to begin
Difference between commencement and incipiency

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