Epitome vs Essence - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between epitome and essence is that epitome is ( label) ( embodiment or encapsulation of) while essence is ( senseid)the inherent nature of a thing or idea.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
epitome English
Noun
( wikipedia epitome)
( en-noun)
(of a class of items) The embodiment or encapsulation of.
(of a class of items) A representative example.
(of a class of items) The height; the best.
(of a written document) A brief summary.
Usage notes
The sense ‘the height, the best’ is considered incorrect by some; instead, `pinnacle' may be preferred.
Synonyms
* (an embodiment of) in a nutshell (modern idiom), synopsis
* (the best) greatest
* (a summary) abstract, synopsis
Antonyms
* antithesis
Derived terms
* epitomize
* epitomic
* epitomical
Related terms
* epitomator
* epitomist
* epitomizer
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essence English
Noun
( en noun)
(senseid)The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
* Landor
- The laws are at present, both in form and essence , the greatest curse that society labours under.
* Addison
- Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence of this virtue [charity].
* Courthorpe
- The essence of Addison's humour is irony.
(philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
Constituent substance.
* Milton
- Uncompounded is their essence pure.
A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
* Milton
- As far as gods and heavenly essences / Can perish.
* Washington Irving
- He had been indulging in fanciful speculations on spiritual essences , until he had an ideal world of his own around him.
A significant feature of something.
The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
* essence of Jojoba
Fragrance, a perfume.
* Alexander Pope
- Nor let the essences exhale.
Derived terms
* in essence
* of the essence; time is of the essence
Related terms
* essential
* essentialism
* quintessential
External links
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Anagrams
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