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Eminence vs Ascension - What's the difference?

eminence | ascension |

As nouns the difference between eminence and ascension

is that eminence is importance, notoriety while ascension is (the act of ascending).

eminence

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • someone of high rank, reputation or social station
  • the quality or state of being eminent
  • prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem
  • (geology) an elevated land area or a hill
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy :
    • From the summit of an eminence I had already had a distant view of Osbaldistone Hall, a large and antiquated edifice, peeping out from a Druidical grove of huge oaks [...].
  • (anatomy) a protuberance

    • Synonyms

    * distinction * prominence * renown * celebrity

    Derived terms

    * Eminence (your Eminence ), title of honor for a cardinal

    External links

    (wikipedia eminence)

    ascension

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of ascending; an ascent.
    • The ascension of the hot-air balloon gave us a better view.
  • That which rises, as from distillation.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • vaporous ascensions from the stomach

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