essence vs hypostasis

hypostasis vs essence

essence and hypostasis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
essence	Yes	No	No	No
hypostasis	Yes	No	No	No

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

essence: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
hypostasis: (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality

Other hyponyms of essence include bare bones, haecceity, quiddity, quintessence, stuff.

essence (noun)	hypostasis (noun)
a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor	(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience	any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work	the accumulation of blood in an organ
any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted	the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene

Difference between essence and hypostasis

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