Burgeoning vs Emergent - What's the difference?
burgeoning | emergent |
the act of budding or sprouting
a bud or branch
(by extension) a new growth or expansion of something
(lb) Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction; constituting an emergency.
* 1918 , The Missionary Review of the World , volume 41, page 818:
Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
(botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
(botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.
(video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
* 2008 , Jim Rossignol, This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities (page 126)
(botany) A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.
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As nouns the difference between burgeoning and emergent
is that burgeoning is the act of budding or sprouting while emergent is a plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.As adjectives the difference between burgeoning and emergent
is that burgeoning is that buds, grows or expands; developing while emergent is arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction; constituting an emergency.As a verb burgeoning
is present participle of lang=en.burgeoning
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(en noun)emergent
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(emergence)Adjective
(en adjective)- In all these great and vital things which America has discovered to be emergent necessities,
- In short, emergent games are ones that allow a huge range of possibilities and don't dictate a strict, linear flow of events. A strategy game is emergent because so many units can interact and have some effect on each other.
