Emergence vs Emergency - What's the difference?
emergence | emergency |
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.
A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
:Cardiac arrest is an emergency and if you find someone in cardiac arrest you should call 999 immediately.
(US, Canada, often attributive) The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
An individual brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
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(archaic) The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.
As nouns the difference between emergence and emergency
is that emergence is the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance while emergency is a situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.emergence
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(wikipedia emergence)Noun
(en noun)See also
* eclosionReferences
*emergency
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(emergencies)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Van Gaal responded by replacing Adnan Januzaj with Carrick and, in fairness, the emergency centre-half did exceedingly well given that he has not played since May.