different between inception vs nascence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incepti?, from inceptus, Perfect passive participle of incipi? (“I begin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?s?p??n/, /?n?s?p?n/
• Rhymes: -?p??n
• Hyphenation: in?cep?tion

Noun

inception (plural inceptions)

1. The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.

   From its inception, the agency has been helping people obtain and properly install car seats for children.

2. A layering, nesting, or recursion of something.

Coordinate terms

• conception

Derived terms

• -ception
• inception flashback

Related terms

• incept
• inceptual
• incipient

Translations

See also

• from the get-go

English

Etymology

From Latin nascentem (“arising young, immature”), present participle of nasci (“to be born”) (Old Latin gnasci; see genus).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?ne?.s?ns/

Noun

nascence (plural nascences)

1. (rare) Birth.
   • 2004, Linda Dorrell, The Trees of Eden: A Novel, Fleming H Revell Company (?ISBN):

     He had discerned that I was with child. He was a physician first. When he came around offering to see me through my baby's nascence, Mother so thoroughly scolded him for his audacity that he was again left speechless. "I will see to the birth ..."

2. Coming into being; inception, beginning.
   • 2014, Terry Rey, Bourdieu on Religion: Imposing Faith and Legitimacy, Routledge (?ISBN), page 119:

     Careful examination of Romaine's prophecy reveals the operative nature of the Kongolese religious habitus in the nascence of Haitian Vodou, a religion that truly began to crystallize during the Revolution.

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