Eminent vs Legacy - What's the difference?
eminent | legacy |
(archaic) high, lofty; towering; prominent.
noteworthy, remarkable, great
of a person, distinguished, important, noteworthy
(legal) money or property bequeathed to someone in a will
Something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage
The descendant of an alumnus
(computing) of a computer system that has been in service for many years and that a business still relies upon, even though it is becoming expensive or difficult to maintain
left behind; old or no longer in active use
As adjectives the difference between eminent and legacy
is that eminent is eminent; distinguished; noteworthy while legacy is (computing) of a computer system that has been in service for many years and that a business still relies upon, even though it is becoming expensive or difficult to maintain.As a noun legacy is
(legal) money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.eminent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His eminent good sense has been a godsend to this project.
- In later years, the professor became known as an eminent historian.
Usage notes
* Eminent and imminent are very similar sounds, and are weak rhymes; in some dialects, these may be confused. A typo of either word may result in a correction to the wrong word by spellchecking software. Eminent may also be confused with immanent, immanant, or emanate.Derived terms
* eminence * eminently * preeminentExternal links
* * * English terms derived from Latin ----legacy
English
Noun
(legacies)- left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.
- Because she was a legacy , her mother's sorority rushed her.
Adjective
(head)- They expect it to take years to process and import all the legacy data.
- ''A legacy number or legacy identifier means a number no longer in use (for a document, for example)."