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Peripatetic vs Transient - What's the difference?

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Peripatetic is a related term of transient.


As nouns the difference between peripatetic and transient

is that peripatetic is a disciple of aristotle; an aristotelian while transient is something which is transient.

As adjectives the difference between peripatetic and transient

is that peripatetic is of or pertaining to the philosophy or methods of aristotle, or to his followers while transient is passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

peripatetic

English

Alternative forms

* peripatetick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to walk about.
  • Constantly travelling; itinerant; nomadic.
  • (usually, capitalized) Having to do with Aristotle, his philosophy, or the school of thought which he founded.
  • * Howell
    • The true peripatetic school.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
  • (usually, capitalized) One who accepts the philosophy of Aristotle or his school; an Aristotelian.
  • * 1961 , Albert Upton, Design for Thinking: A First Book in Semantics , 11:
    • He who would think clearly must think like a peripatetic even if he is unwilling to walk like one.

    Synonyms

    * (one who walks) itinerant, pedestrian, nomad

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    transient

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
    • a transient pleasure
  • * Milton
    • this transient world
  • Remaining for only a brief time.
    • a transient view of a landscape
  • (physics) Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
  • (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
  • Occasional; isolated; one-off; individual.
  • Passing through; passing from one person to another.
  • (philosophy) Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.

    • Synonyms

    * (passing) passing, transitory, temporary * (brief) brief, ephemeral, fleeting, flighty, fugacious

    Antonyms

    * (passing) permanent * (brief) permanent * (mathematics) recurrent * (philosophy) immanent

    Derived terms

    * transience * transiently * transientness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something which is transient.
  • (physics) A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
  • (acoustics) A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform which occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
  • A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker
  • * 1996 , , Oyster , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 3
    • Then, within the space of a few months, there were more transients than there were locals, and the imbalance seemed morally wrong.
  • An unhoused person

    • Synonyms

    * (4) traveller: itinerant, migrant, traveller * (5) homeless: homeless

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