different between extant vs gamut

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

1520s, original sense “lowest note of musical scale”, from Medieval Latin gamma ut, from gamma (“Greek letter, corresponding to the musical note G”) + ut (“first solfège syllable, now replaced by do”). In modern terms, “G do” – the first note of the G scale. Meaning later extended to mean all the notes of a scale, and then more generally any complete range.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æm.?t/, /??æm.?t/

Noun

gamut (plural gamuts)

1. A (normally) complete range.
   • 1933?, Dorothy Parker, review of Katharine Hepburn in the Broadway play The Lake

     She delivered a striking performance that ran the gamut of emotions, from A to B.
2. (music) All the notes in the musical scale.
3. All the colours that can be presented by a device such as a monitor or printer.

Derived terms

• run the gamut

Related terms

• ut

Translations

References

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

gamut

1. root (of a plant)

Yogad

Noun

gamút

1. root (of a plant)