Incidental vs Appendant - What's the difference?
incidental | appendant |
Loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident.
Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).
attached as an appendage
annexed; concomitant
* Jeremy Taylor
(legal) Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.
Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
(legal) An inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
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As adjectives the difference between incidental and appendant
is that incidental is loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident while appendant is attached as an appendage.As nouns the difference between incidental and appendant
is that incidental is incidental expense while appendant is anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.incidental
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That character, though colorful, is incidental to the overall plot.
Derived terms
* incidental expense * incidentallySynonyms
*(existing as an accident) accidental, contingentAntonyms
*(existing as an accident) inevitable, necessary, impossibleAnagrams
* ----appendant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a seal appendant to a paper
- As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity.
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