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Emergence vs Unexpected - What's the difference?

emergence | unexpected |

As a noun emergence

is emergence.

As an adjective unexpected is

not expected, anticipated or foreseen.

emergence

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance.
  • In particular: the arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
  • See also

    * eclosion

    References

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    unexpected

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
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  • *
  • The windmill presented unexpected difficulties.

    Synonyms

    * See

    Antonyms

    * expected

    Derived terms

    * unexpectedly * unexpectedness