different between latent vs incubate

English

Etymology

From Middle English latent, latente, from Old French latent, from Latin latens, latentis, present participle of lateo (“lie hidden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?.t?nt/

Adjective

latent (not comparable)

1. Existing or present but concealed or inactive.
2. (pathology, of a virus) remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant.
   • 2008 July 2, Joe Palca, “Scientists Make Herpes Breakthrough”, abstract, All Things Considered, National Public Radio

     Those infected with a herpes virus are infected for life. That’s because the virus goes "latent." Sometimes, it awakes from its slumber, producing painful illnesses.

3. (biology) lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.

Synonyms

• (concealed): hidden, invisible
• (inactive): dormant; see also Thesaurus:inactive

Antonyms

• (concealed): apparent, patent, visible

Derived terms

• latency

Related terms

Translations

Noun

latent (plural latents)

1. (forensics) The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint.
2. (statistics) An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor.
3. Anything that is latent.

Anagrams

• Talent, antlet, latten, talent

Danish

Etymology

From German latent, from French latent, from Latin latens, present participle of latere (“to be hidden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat?nt/, [la?t??n?d?]

Adjective

latent

1. latent (existing or present but concealed or inactive)

Inflection

French

Etymology

From Latin latens, latentis, present participle of lateo (“lie hidden”).

Adjective

latent (feminine singular latente, masculine plural latents, feminine plural latentes)

1. latent

Derived terms

• latemment

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• talent

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

latent

1. latent

Related terms

• Latenz

Further reading

• “latent” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

latent

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French latent, from Latin latens.

Adjective

latent m or n (feminine singular latent?, masculine plural laten?i, feminine and neuter plural latente)

1. latent

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin incubatus, past participle ofincubare (“to hatch”), from Latinin- (“on”) and cubare (“to lie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kj?be?t/

Verb

incubate (third-person singular simple present incubates, present participle incubating, simple past and past participle incubated)

1. (transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
   • 1975, Catherine Marshall, Adventures in Prayer, New York, Ballantine Books, December 1976, page 46 - Part of our problem in praying for our children, he suggested, is the time lage, the necessary slow maturation of our prayers. But that's the way of God's rhythm in nature. For instance, the hen must patiently sit on her eggs to incubate them before the baby chicks hatch.
   • 1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, New York, Vintage International, May 1992, page 3 - The mother dead these fourteen years did incubate in her own bosom the creature who would carry her off.
   • 2004, A. J. Jacobs, The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World New York, Simon & Schuster, 2004, page 50 - The female cichlid fish are called "mouth breeders," which means they incubate eggs in their mouth.
2. (transitive) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.
   • 1992, Sheila Davis, The Songwriters Idea Book: 40 Strategies to Excite Your Imagination, Help You Design Distinctive Songs, and Keep Your Creative Flow, Cincinnati, Writer's Digest Books, 1992, page 96. - When you've got your theme–let the concept incubate. Walk around with it, sleep on it.

Derived terms

• incubation
• incubative
• incubator

Translations

Anagrams

• cubanite

Italian

Verb

incubate

1. second-person plural present indicative of incubare
2. second-person plural imperative of incubare
3. feminine plural of incubato

Anagrams

• ubicante

Latin

Verb

incub?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of incub?