different between comestibles vs subsistence

English

Noun

comestibles

1. plural of comestible

Asturian

Adjective

comestibles

1. plural of comestible

Catalan

Adjective

comestibles

1. plural of comestible

Noun

comestibles

1. plural of comestible

French

Adjective

comestibles

1. plural of comestible

Galician

Adjective

comestibles

1. plural of comestible

Noun

comestibles

1. plural of comestible

Occitan

Adjective

comestibles

1. masculine plural of comestible

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komes?tibles/, [ko.mes?t?i.??les]

Adjective

comestibles m pl or f pl

1. plural of comestible

Noun

comestibles m pl

1. plural of comestible

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.