Existence vs. Nascent

Existencenoun

The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.

‘In order to destroy evil, we must first acknowledge its existence.’;

Nascentadjective

Emerging; just coming into existence.

Existencenoun

Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)

Nascentadjective

Describing a quantity of object that is starting to grow from zero or an infinitesimal beginning. Also the creation or identification of an infinitesimal delta.

Existencenoun

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence.

‘The main object of our existence.’;

Nascentadjective

Describing the state, aspect, or practice of an abstract concept.

Existencenoun

Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war.

‘The existence therefore, of a phenomenon, is but another word for its being perceived, or for the inferred possibility of perceiving it.’;

Nascentadjective

(chemistry) Of the state of an element at the time it is being generated from some compound or transitioning from one state to another; Newly released from a compound (especially hydrogen and oxygen) by a chemical reaction or electrolysis and possessing heightened reactivity; Newly synthesized (especially protein or RNA) by translation or transcription.

Existencenoun

That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.

Nascentadjective

Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ.

‘Nascent passions and anxieties.’;

Existencenoun

the state or fact of existing;

‘a point of view gradually coming into being’; ‘laws in existence for centuries’;

Nascentadjective

Evolving; being evolved or produced; as, nascent oxygen.

Existencenoun

everything that exists anywhere;

‘they study the evolution of the universe’; ‘the biggest tree in existence’;

Nascentadjective

coming into existence;

‘a nascent republic’;

Existencenoun

the fact or state of living or having objective reality

‘the organization has been in existence for fifteen years’;

Existencenoun

continued survival

‘she kept the company alive when its very existence was threatened’;

Existencenoun

a way of living

‘our stressed-out urban existence’;

Existencenoun

(in certain beliefs) any of a person's successive earthly lives

‘a person may be reaping the consequences of evil deeds sown in previous existences’;

Existencenoun

all that exists

‘he believed in the essential unity of all existence’;

Existencenoun

something that exists; a being.

Existence

Existence is the ability of an entity to interact with physical or mental reality. In philosophy, it refers to the ontological property of being.