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Extinct vs Departed - What's the difference?

extinct | departed |

As adjectives the difference between extinct and departed

is that extinct is (dated) extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc) while departed is (euphemistic) dead.

As a verb departed is

(depart).

As a noun departed is

(euphemistic) a dead person or persons.

extinct

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (dated) Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)
    • Poor Edward's cigarillo was already extinct .
  • No longer used; obsolete, discontinued.
  • * Luckily, such ideas about race are extinct in current sociological theory.
  • *
    • Indeed the very fact that the English spelling system
    writes in there'' as two words but ''therein'' as one word might be taken as suggest-
    ing that only the former is a productive syntactic construction in Modern
    English, the latter being a now extinct construction which has left behind a
    few fossil remnants in the form of compound words such as ''thereby     .
  • No longer in existence; having died out.
    • The dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.
  • (vulcanology) No longer actively erupting.
    • Most of the volcanos on this island are now extinct .

    Synonyms

    * dead

    Antonyms

    * (no longer alight) burning * (having died out) extant * active, dormant

    Related terms

    * extinction * extinctive * extinguish

    External links

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    departed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (depart)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (euphemistic) dead

    • Noun

    (departed)
  • (euphemistic) A dead person or persons.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1589 , year_published=1869 , author=George Puttenham , editor=Edward Arber , title=The Arte of English Poesie , page=63 citation , isbn= , passage=... and our Theologians , in stead thereof vie to make sermons, both teaching the people some good learning, and also saying well of the departed .}}

    Usage notes

    Departed'' is most commonly used in a religious setting or at a funeral. ''Deceased is commonly used in legal and journalistic settings.

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