Being vs Existance - What's the difference?
being | existance |
A living creature.
The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
* Shakespeare
(philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
(philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
(obsolete) An abode; a cottage.
* Steele
(obsolete) Given that; since.
*, New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
* {{quote-book
, year = 2003
, title = Islam: Questions and Answers - Schools of Thought, Religions and Sects
, author = Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman
, quotee = Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
, volume = 8
, publisher = MSA Publication Limited
, isbn = 9781861792914
, page = 89
, passage = The athiest(SIC) is destined to Hell fire in the Hereafter. This is because the athiest refuses the most basic belief which is the existance and oneness of Allaah.
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=xcPwGmYwCKUC&pg=PA89
}}
As nouns the difference between being and existance
is that being is a living creature while existance is misspelling of lang=en.As a verb being
is present participle of lang=en.As a conjunction being
is given that; since.being
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being .
- (Wright)
- It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.
Derived terms
* beingdom * beingful * beinghood * beingless * beingness * (noun ) human beingConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].