different between existence vs existency

English

Etymology

From Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”).

Morphologically exist +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??.?z?s.t?ns/, /??.?z?s.t?ns/

Noun

existence (countable and uncountable, plural existences)

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

   Synonym: presence
2. Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)

Synonyms

• (state of being): See also Thesaurus:existence

Antonyms

• (state of being): nonexistence, nothingness; See also Thesaurus:inexistence

Derived terms

• nonexistence

Related terms

• exist
• aseity
• existential

Translations

Anagrams

• ectexines

Czech

Etymology

Latin sisto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???z?st?nt?s?]
• Rhymes: -?nts?

Noun

existence f

1. existence

Related terms

Further reading

• existence in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• existence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

From Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.zis.t??s/
• Rhymes: -??s
• Homophone: existences
• Hyphenation: ex?is?tence

Noun

existence f (plural existences)

1. existence
2. life

   Synonym: vie

Related terms

• exister
• existentiel

Further reading

• “existence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Noun

existency (countable and uncountable, plural existencies)

1. Archaic form of existence.
   • 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature

     variety of states or manner of existency naturally and necessarily concomitant unto it

References

existency in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.