different between extant vs existent

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 Latin existens, from existere.

Adjective

existent (not comparable)

1. existing; having life or being, current; occurring now

Synonyms

• existing, extant; See also Thesaurus:existent

Antonyms

• nonexistent

Related terms

• exist
• existence
• existential

Translations

Noun

existent (plural existents)

1. (archaic) a being or entity that exists independently

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin exist?ns.

Adjective

existent (masculine and feminine plural existents)

1. existent, existing

   Antonym: inexistent

Related terms

• existència
• existir

Further reading

• “existent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “existent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “existent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “existent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Verb

existent

1. third-person plural present indicative of exister
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of exister

Latin

Verb

existent

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French existant

Adjective

existent m or n (feminine singular existent?, masculine plural existen?i, feminine and neuter plural existente)

1. existent

Declension