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transience vs impermanence

impermanence vs transience

transience and impermanence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
transience Yes No No No
impermanence Yes No No No
As nouns, impermanence is a hypernym of transience; that is, impermanence is a word with a broader meaning than transience:
  • transience: an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
  • impermanence: the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
Other hypernyms of transience include impermanency.
transience (noun) impermanence (noun)
an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
the attribute of being brief or fleeting
Difference between transience and impermanence

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