different between transgression vs ingression

English

Etymology

From Old French transgression, from Late Latin tr?nsgressi?, from Latin tr?nsgressus (perfect active participle of tr?nsgredior (“I step across”)) + -i?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?æns??????n/

Noun

transgression (countable and uncountable, plural transgressions)

1. A violation of a law, duty or commandment.
2. An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries.
3. A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.

Translations

French

Noun

transgression f (plural transgressions)

1. transgression (violation)

English

Etymology

ingress +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??????n/

Noun

ingression (countable and uncountable, plural ingressions)

1. The act or process of entering or intruding.

   ingression of the sea onto land

2. (metaphysics) The process by which a potentiality enters into actuality.
3. (biology) The inward migration of cells from the blastula during gastrulation.

Related terms

• ingressive
• ingressor
• aggression
• egression
• progression
• transgression

Anagrams

• nigrosines