Pristine vs Incipient - What's the difference?
pristine | incipient |
Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something
Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.
* 2008, J.M. Whitty, N.M. Phillips, D.L. Morgan, J.A. Chaplin, D.C. Thorburn & S.C. Peverell, Habitat associations of Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon)and Northern River Sharks (Glyphis sp. C): including genetic analysis of P. microdon across northern Australia [http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/publications/pubs/freshwater-sawfish-northern-river-shark.pdf]
In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
(countable, obsolete) beginner
(uncountable, grammar) A verb tense of the Hebrew language.
As adjectives the difference between pristine and incipient
is that pristine is unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied or pristine can be relating to sawfishes of the family pristidae while incipient is in an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.As a noun incipient is
(countable|obsolete) beginner.pristine
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) pristin.Adjective
(en adjective)Etymology 2
From (etyl)Adjective
(en adjective)- This indicates that the present levels of genetic diversity in P. microdon are not unusually low, although the amount of diversity to be expected in pristine populations of coastal species of elasmobranch remains elusive because all populations investigated to date have suffered some degree of decline (e.g. Sandoval-Castillo et al. 2004, Keeney et al. 2005, Hoelzel et al. 2006, Stow et al. 2006, Lewallen et al. 2007).
incipient
English
Adjective
(-)- After 500 years, incipient towns appeared.
- Employees shall be familiarized with the use of a fire extinguisher in incipient stage fire fighting.
