Ascension vs Transcendence - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between ascension and transcendence

is that ascension is the act of ascending; an ascent while transcendence is the act of surpassing usual limits.

is entering heaven while still alive.

(en noun)

The act of ascending; an ascent.

The ascension of the hot-air balloon gave us a better view.

That which rises, as from distillation.

* Sir Thomas Browne

vaporous ascensions from the stomach

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(countable) the act of surpassing usual limits

(uncountable) the state of being beyond the range of normal perception

(uncountable) the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity

superior excellence; supereminence

* A. V. G. Allen

The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle.

* immanence