Transient vs Provisional - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between transient and provisional

is that transient is something which is transient while provisional is a member of the.

is passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

(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.

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

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

* transience * transiently * transientness

(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

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

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temporary

(philately) a postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released.