Emanation vs Emergent - What's the difference?
emanation | emergent |
The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.
That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.
(uncountable, obsolete, chemistry) The element radon.
(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 emanation and emergent
is that emanation is the act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin while emergent is a plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.As an adjective emergent is
arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction; constituting an emergency.emanation
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Noun
(en noun)- Perfume is an emanation from a flower.
See also
* evolutionemergent
English
(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.