Extant vs Endangered - What's the difference?
extant | endangered |
Still in existence.
* 1661 , ,
Currently existing; not having disappeared.
Still alive; not extinct.
in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)
* 1825, Sir Walter Scott, The Betrothed
(endanger)
As adjectives the difference between extant and endangered
is that extant is still in existence while endangered is in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct.As a verb endangered is
past tense of endanger.extant
English
Adjective
(-)The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
Antonyms
* (still alive) extinctendangered
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I have but done my devoir, lady, as a good knight, in defence of an endangered maiden...
