different between transience vs ephemerality

English

Etymology

transient +? -ence

Noun

transience (countable and uncountable, plural transiences)

1. The quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting.
2. An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying.

Synonyms

• (quality of being transient): impermanence, transiency, transientness; see also Thesaurus:transience

Antonyms

• inveteracy
• permanence

Related terms

• transient
• transiently

Translations

References

• transience in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• transience at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• inertances, nectarines

English

Etymology

ephemeral +? -ity

Noun

ephemerality (countable and uncountable, plural ephemeralities)

1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
2. (countable) Something that is ephemeral.
   • 1961, Lewis Mumford, The City in History, Harcourt, Brace & World, p. 242:

     So, too, the multiplication of bathrooms and the over-expenditure on broadly paved motor roads, and above all, the massive collective concentration on glib ephemeralities of all kinds, performed with supreme technical audacity.

Synonyms

• (state or condition of being ephemeral): ephemeralness, evanescence, impermanence, transience, transiency, volatility; see also Thesaurus:transience