different between extant vs current

English

Etymology

First attested in 1545, from Latin extans, present participle of ext?, from ex- (“out”) + st? (“stand”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??kst?nt/, /?k?stænt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?stænt/, /??kst?nt/
• Rhymes: -ænt, -?kst?nt

Adjective

extant (not comparable)

1. Still in existence.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

2. Currently existing; not having disappeared.
3. Still alive; not extinct.
4. (obsolete) Standing out, or above the rest.
   • 1665, Robert Boyle, New Experiments and Observations upon Cold

     […] great Quantities of Ice, for whereas in small fragments or plates, the Ice, though it sink not to the bottom of the water, will of?tentimes sink so low in it, as scarce to leave any part evidently extant above the surface of the water, in vast quantities of Ice, that extancy is sometimes so conspicuous, that Navigators in their Voyages to Island, Greenland, and other frozen Regions, complain of meeting with lumps, or rather floating rocks of Ice, as high as their main Masts.

Synonyms

• (still in existence): existent, existing; see also Thesaurus:existent
• (still alive): alive and kicking, living, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive

Antonyms

• (still alive): extinct

Derived terms

• then-extant

Translations

Latin

Verb

extant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ext?

English

Etymology

From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere, present active infinitive of curr? (“I run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???nt/, /?k???nt/
• (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
• (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)

Noun

current (countable and uncountable, plural currents)

1. The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
2. the part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) short for ocean current.

   Synonyms: flow, stream

3. (electricity) the time rate of flow of electric charge.

   • Symbol: I (inclined upper case letter "I")
   • Units:

   SI: ampere (A)

   CGS: esu/second (esu/s)

   Synonym: electric current

4. a tendency or a course of events

   Synonyms: flow, stream, tendency

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

current (comparative currenter or more current, superlative currentest or most current)

1. existing or occurring at the moment

   Synonyms: present; see also Thesaurus:present

   Antonyms: future, past

2. generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment
   • 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations

     That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.

   Synonyms: fashionable, prevailing, prevalent, rife, up-to-date; see also Thesaurus:fashionable

   Antonyms: out-of-date, unfashionable; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable

3. (obsolete) running or moving rapidly

   • Lik to the corrant fyr that renneth
     Upon a corde

   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien

     To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.

   Synonym: speeding

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Curtner

Latin

Verb

current

1. third-person plural future active indicative of curr?