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Existent vs Existency - What's the difference?

existent | existency |

As nouns the difference between existent and existency

is that existent is a being or entity that exists independently while existency is archaic form of lang=en.

As an adjective existent

is existing; having life or being, current; occurring now.

existent

English

Adjective

(-)
  • existing; having life or being, current; occurring now

    • Synonyms

    * existing

    Antonyms

    * nonexistent

    Related terms

    * exist * existence * existential * extant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) a being or entity that exists independently
    • ----

    existency

    English

    Noun

    • (Webster 1913)