Transient vs Fading - What's the difference?
transient | fading | Related terms |
Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
* Milton
Remaining for only a brief time.
(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.
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
An unhoused person
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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-10-19, volume=409, issue=8858, magazine=(The Economist), author=Banyan
, title= The act of something that fades; gradual diminishment.
* 1854 , (Herman Melville), (Israel Potter)
(obsolete) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
Transient is a related term of fading.
As nouns the difference between transient and fading
is that transient is something which is transient while fading is the act of something that fades; gradual diminishment.As an adjective transient
is passing or disappearing with time; transitory.As a verb fading is
.transient
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a transient pleasure
- this transient world
- a transient view of a landscape
Synonyms
* (passing) passing, transitory, temporary * (brief) brief, ephemeral, fleeting, flighty, fugaciousAntonyms
* (passing) permanent * (brief) permanent * (mathematics) recurrent * (philosophy) immanentDerived terms
* transience * transiently * transientnessNoun
(en noun)- Then, within the space of a few months, there were more transients than there were locals, and the imbalance seemed morally wrong.
Synonyms
* (4) traveller: itinerant, migrant, traveller * (5) homeless: homelessAnagrams
* *fading
English
Verb
(head)The meaning of Sachin, passage=With fading eyesight and reactions, the runs have dried up. That Mr Tendulkar has nonetheless kept his place in the national [cricket] side is a more dismal exemplum: of the impunity enjoyed by all India’s rich and powerful.}}
Noun
(en noun)- Fading is a fine jig.
- delicate burthens of dildos and fadings