Existential vs Extraterrestrial - What's the difference?
existential | extraterrestrial |
Of, or relating to existence.
Based on experience; empirical.
(philosophy) Of, or relating to existentialism.
(linguistics) That part of a sentence indicating existence e.g. "there is".
Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien
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As adjectives the difference between existential and extraterrestrial
is that existential is of, or relating to existence while extraterrestrial is originating from outside of the earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to earth or its environment.As a noun extraterrestrial is
a being originating from outside of the earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.existential
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* non-phenomenal * noumenal * non-metaphysicalDerived terms
* existentialism * existentialist * existential crisis * existential quantifierextraterrestrial
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(wikipedia extraterrestrial)Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
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