Emergent vs Imminent - What's the difference?
emergent | imminent |
(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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about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
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As adjectives the difference between emergent and imminent
is that emergent is arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction; constituting an emergency while imminent is about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.As a noun emergent
is a plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.emergent
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.