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Exceedance vs Transcendence - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between exceedance and transcendence

is that exceedance is an instance where an action, activity or substance exceeds a limit set by medical or legal practice while transcendence is the act of surpassing usual limits.

exceedance

English

Noun

  • An instance where an action, activity or substance exceeds a limit set by medical or legal practice.
    • For example, the condition (characterised by duration and degree) where the concentration of a pollutant goes beyond the appropriate air quality standard.

    References

    * Exceedance , The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

    transcendence

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) the act of surpassing usual limits
  • (uncountable) the state of being beyond the range of normal perception
  • (uncountable) the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity
  • superior excellence; supereminence
  • * A. V. G. Allen
    • The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle.

    Related terms

    * transcend * transcendency * transcendent * transcendental * transcendently

    Antonyms

    * immanence