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Existence vs Manifestation - What's the difference?

existence | manifestation |

As nouns the difference between existence and manifestation

is that existence is the state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood while manifestation is the act or process of becoming manifest.

existence

English

(wikipedia existence)

Noun

  • The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
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  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=(Jeremy Bernstein)
    • , volume=100, issue=2, page=146, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= A Palette of Particles , passage=The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.}}
  • Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)

    • Antonyms

    * nothingness

    Derived terms

    * nonexistence

    Related terms

    * exist * aseity * existential

    manifestation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of becoming manifest.
    • The last known manifestation of the ghost was over ten years ago.
  • The embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing.
    • This particular manifestation resembled a young girl crying.
  • (medical) The symptoms or observable conditions which are seen as a result of some disease.
  • A pattern or logo on a sheet of glass, as decoration and/or to prevent people from accidentally walking in to it.