Existing vs Existent - What's the difference?
existing | existent |
That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.
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Existent is a synonym of existing.
As adjectives the difference between existing and existent
is that existing is that exists, or has existence, especially that exists now while existent is existing; having life or being, current; occurring now.As a verb existing
is present participle of lang=en.As a noun existent is
a being or entity that exists independently.existing
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