Existing vs. Extant — What's the Difference?

To have actual being; be real.

Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct

To have life; live

(Archaic) Standing out; projecting.

To live at a minimal level; subsist

Still in existence; not having disappeared.

To continue to be; persist

Still alive; not extinct.

To be present under certain circumstances or in a specified place; occur

(obsolete) Standing out, or above the rest.

Present participle of exist

Standing out or above any surface; protruded.

That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.

Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.

Having existence or being or actuality; as, much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran. Opposite of nonexistent.

Publicly known; conspicuous.

Present. Opposite of absent.

Still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost;

Presently existing; as, the existing system.

Having existence or being or actuality;

Existing in something specified;

Presently existing;