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Kairos vs Exigence - What's the difference?

kairos | exigence |

As nouns the difference between kairos and exigence

is that kairos is a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action; the opportune and decisive moment while exigence is exigency.

kairos

English

(wikipedia kairos)

Noun

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  • A time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action; the opportune and decisive moment.

    • exigence

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • exigency
  • * 1811 , Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility , chapter 9
    • Chagrined and surprised, they were obliged, though unwillingly, to turn back, for no shelter was nearer than their own house. One consolation however remained for them, to which the exigence of the moment gave more than the usual propriety; it was that of running with all possible speed down the steep side of the hill which led immediately to the garden gate.
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