substance vs hypostasis

hypostasis vs substance

substance and hypostasis both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

substance (noun)	hypostasis (noun)
the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists	(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties	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 property of holding together and retaining its shape	the accumulation of blood in an organ
the idea that is intended	the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
content communicating a message; what something is about
considerable capital (wealth or income)
material of a particular kind or constitution

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