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Emergence vs. Emerge — What's the Difference?

Emergence vs. Emerge — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Emergence and Emerge

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Emergence

In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence occurs when an entity is observed to have properties its parts do not have on their own, properties or behaviors which emerge only when the parts interact in a wider whole. Emergence plays a central role in theories of integrative levels and of complex systems.

Emerge

To move out or away from a surrounding fluid, covering, or shelter
Seals emerging from the water.
Animals emerging from the forest.

Emergence

The process of becoming visible after being concealed
I misjudged the timing of my emergence

Emerge

To come into view
The house emerged in the fog.

Emergence

The process of coming into existence or prominence
The emergence of the environmental movement
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Emerge

To become conscious
Emerge from sleep.

Emergence

The act or process of emerging.

Emerge

To become known or prominent after being in obscurity
Evidence that emerged from the investigation.
New leaders that emerged from the party ranks.

Emergence

A superficial outgrowth of plant tissue, such as the prickle of a rose.

Emerge

To come into existence
A period when many new life forms emerged.

Emergence

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance.

Emerge

(intransitive) To come into view.

Emergence

In particular: the arising of emergent structure in complex systems.

Emerge

To come out of a situation, object or a liquid.
He emerged unscathed from the accident.
The Soviet Union emerged from the ruins of an empire.
The submarine emerged from the ocean.

Emergence

(obsolete) An emergency.

Emerge

(intransitive) To become known.
Gradually the truth emerged.

Emergence

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.
The white color of all refracted light, at its very first emergence . . . is compounded of various colors.
When from the deep thy bright emergence sprung.

Emerge

Alternative spelling of emerg

Emergence

The gradual beginning or coming forth;
Figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece

Emerge

To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity.
Those who have emerged from very low, some from the lowest, classes of society.

Emergence

The becoming visible;
Not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins

Emerge

Come out into view, as from concealment;
Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office

Emergence

The act of emerging

Emerge

Come out of;
Water issued from the hole in the wall
The words seemed to come out by themselves

Emergence

The act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent

Emerge

Become known or apparent;
Some nice results emerged from the study

Emerge

Come up to the surface of or rise;
He felt new emotions emerge

Emerge

Happen or occur as a result of something

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