Existential vs Prevalent - What's the difference?
existential | prevalent |
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".
Widespread or preferred.
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Superior in frequency or dominant.
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As adjectives the difference between existential and prevalent
is that existential is of, or relating to existence while prevalent is prevalent.As a verb prevalent is
.existential
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Adjective
(-)Antonyms
* non-phenomenal * noumenal * non-metaphysicalDerived terms
* existentialism * existentialist * existential crisis * existential quantifierprevalent
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
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