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Essence vs Rejuvenation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between essence and rejuvenation

is that essence is (senseid)the inherent nature of a thing or idea while rejuvenation is the process of rendering young again.

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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    rejuvenation

    English

    (wikipedia rejuvenation) (versity)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of rendering young again.
  • The process of producing beneficial changes.
    • the rejuvenation of the city center

    Related terms

    * rejuvenate * rejuvenating

    See also

    * age-reversal