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impermanence vs transience

transience vs impermanence

impermanence and transience both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
impermanence Yes No No No
transience Yes No No No
As nouns, transience is a hyponym of impermanence; that is, transience is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than impermanence:
  • impermanence: the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
  • transience: an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
Other hyponyms of impermanence include temporariness, transiency, transitoriness, mortality.
impermanence (noun) transience (noun)
the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
the attribute of being brief or fleeting
Difference between impermanence and transience

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