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Dependant vs Existence - What's the difference?

dependant | existence |

As nouns the difference between dependant and existence

is that dependant is a person who depends on another for support, particularly financial support (= US dependent) while existence is the state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.

As an adjective dependant

is obsolete spelling of lang=en.

dependant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A person who depends on another for support, particularly financial support (= US dependent).
  • (US)

    • References

    * Merriam-Webster Indicating only US spelling is "dependent" (redirects, lists British spelling as a "variant".)'' * Pam Peters, The Cambridge Guide to English Usage , pp. 148-149. * Encarta Always a misspelling in US English, adjective and noun are differentiated in British English by spelling.

    existence

    English

    (wikipedia existence)

    Noun

  • The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis' of a commonplace ' existence .}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=(Jeremy Bernstein)
    • , volume=100, issue=2, page=146, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= A Palette of Particles , passage=The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.}}
  • Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)

    • Antonyms

    * nothingness

    Derived terms

    * nonexistence

    Related terms

    * exist * aseity * existential