Living is a related term of existent.
As adjectives the difference between living and existent
is that
living is having life while
existent is existing; having life or being, current; occurring now.
As nouns the difference between living and existent
is that
living is (uncountable) the state of being alive while
existent is (archaic) a being or entity that exists independently.
As a verb living
is .
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
living Verb
(head)
Adjective
( -)
Having life.
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- It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
In use or existing.
- Hunanese is a living language.
Of everyday life.
- These living conditions are deplorable.
True to life.
- This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
- He almost beat the living daylights out of me.
Antonyms
* dead
* nonliving
Derived terms
* living death
* living end
* livingly
* living room
* living thing
* living will
Related terms
* live, life
* alive
Noun
(uncountable) The state of being alive.
Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
- What do you do for a living ?
A style of life.
- plain living
(canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income. The holder of the position receives its revenue for the performance of stipulated duties.
Derived terms
* make a living
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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
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