different between attendance vs subsistence

English

Alternative forms

• attendaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English attendance, from Old French atendance, from atendre (“to attend, listen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?n.d?ns/, enPR: ?-t?n'd?ns

Noun

attendance (countable and uncountable, plural attendances)

2. The state of attending; presence or waiting upon.

3. The count or list of individuals present for an event.

4. The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events.

5. (obsolete) Attention paid to something; careful regard.

Derived terms

• attendance allowance
• attendance check
• attendance order
• attendance record
• attendance sheet
• attendance slip
• dance attendance
• nonattendance
• reattendance
• turnstile attendance

Translations

See also

• bums in seats

English

Etymology

From Late Latin subsistentia (“substance, reality, in Medieval Latin also stability”), from Latin subsistens, present participle of subsistere (“to continue, subsist”). See subsist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?b?s?st?ns/

Noun

subsistence (countable and uncountable, plural subsistences)

1. Real being; existence.
   • (Can we date this quote by Stillingfleet and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Not only the things had subsistence, but the very images were of some creatures existing.

2. The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.
3. Inherency.

4. Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.
   • (Can we date this quote by Addison and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province.

5. (theology) Embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.

Synonyms

• (real being): See also Thesaurus:existence
• (something required to stay alive): sustenance
• (theology): hypostasis

Related terms

• subsist
• subsistent
• subsistence economy

Translations

Further reading

• subsistence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• subsistence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.