Descent vs Descension - What's the difference?
descent | descension |
An instance of descending
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
A way down.
A sloping passage or incline.
Lineage or hereditary derivation
A drop to a lower status or condition.
* 1597 , William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I , II.5:
(astronomy, obsolete) The descent below the horizon of a celestial body.
* 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , VI.3:
As nouns the difference between descent and descension
is that descent is an instance of descending while descension is descent; the act of descending.descent
English
Noun
(en noun)- We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier.
Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a second flat as he started the descent .
- We had difficulty in finding the correct descent .
- The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.
- Our guide was of Welsh descent .
- After that, the holiday went into a steep descent .
Usage notes
* Sometimes confused with (decent).Antonyms
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*descension
English
Noun
(en noun)- From a God to a Bull? a heavy descension . It was Jove's case.
- For in regard of time (as we elsewhere declare) the stars do vary their longitudes, and consequently the times of their ascension and descension .