Essence vs Component - What's the difference?
essence | component |
(senseid)The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
* Landor
* Addison
* Courthorpe
(philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
Constituent substance.
* Milton
A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
* Milton
* Washington Irving
A significant feature of something.
The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
* essence of Jojoba
Fragrance, a perfume.
* Alexander Pope
A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.
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As nouns the difference between essence and component
is that essence is (senseid)the inherent nature of a thing or idea while component is component.essence
English
Noun
(en noun)- The laws are at present, both in form and essence , the greatest curse that society labours under.
- Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence of this virtue [charity].
- The essence of Addison's humour is irony.
- Uncompounded is their essence pure.
- As far as gods and heavenly essences / Can perish.
- He had been indulging in fanciful speculations on spiritual essences , until he had an ideal world of his own around him.
- Nor let the essences exhale.
Derived terms
* in essence * of the essence; time is of the essenceExternal links
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(wikipedia component)Noun
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