Extant vs Viable - What's the difference?
extant | viable |
Still in existence.
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Currently existing; not having disappeared.
Still alive; not extinct.
Able to live on its own (as for a newborn.)
Able to be done, possible.
In (biology), able to live and develop.
As adjectives the difference between extant and viable
is that extant is still in existence while viable is able to live on its own (as for a newborn..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
