Briefly vs Transient - What's the difference?
briefly | transient |
(manner) In a brief manner, summarily.
(duration) For a brief period.
(speech act) To be brief, in short.
Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
* Milton
Remaining for only a brief time.
(physics) Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
Occasional; isolated; one-off; individual.
Passing through; passing from one person to another.
(philosophy) Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.
Something which is transient.
(physics) A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
(acoustics) A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform which occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker
* 1996 , , Oyster , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 3
An unhoused person
As an adverb briefly
is (manner) in a brief manner, summarily.As an adjective transient is
passing or disappearing with time; transitory.As a noun transient is
something which is transient.briefly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- He covered the subject briefly in his book.
- He only worked here briefly .
- Briefly , I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.
transient
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a transient pleasure
- this transient world
- a transient view of a landscape
Synonyms
* (passing) passing, transitory, temporary * (brief) brief, ephemeral, fleeting, flighty, fugaciousAntonyms
* (passing) permanent * (brief) permanent * (mathematics) recurrent * (philosophy) immanentDerived terms
* transience * transiently * transientnessNoun
(en noun)- Then, within the space of a few months, there were more transients than there were locals, and the imbalance seemed morally wrong.