element vs quintessence

quintessence vs element

element and quintessence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
element	Yes	No	No	No
quintessence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, quintessence is a hyponym of element; that is, quintessence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than element:

element: one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
quintessence: the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

Other hyponyms of element include air, fire, earth, ether, water.

element (noun)	quintessence (noun)
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system	the purest and most concentrated essence of something
an abstract part of something	the most typical example or representative of a type
the most favorable environment for a plant or animal	the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe

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