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Infancy vs Incipience - What's the difference?

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Infancy is a related term of incipience.


As nouns the difference between infancy and incipience

is that infancy is the earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking) while incipience is a beginning, or first stage.

infancy

English

Noun

(infancies)
  • The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).
  • The state of being an infant.
  • An early stage in the development of, eg, some technology.
  • (label) The state of being a minor.

    • incipience

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beginning, or first stage

    • Related terms

    *incipient

    References

    *OED 2nd edition 1989