Immanent vs Essential - What's the difference?
immanent | essential |
Naturally part of something; existing throughout and within something; inherent; integral; intrinsic; indwelling.
Restricted entirely to the mind or a given domain; internal; subjective.
(philosophy, metaphysics, theology, of a deity) existing within and throughout the mind and the world; dwelling within and throughout all things, all time, etc. Compare (transcendent).
(philosophy, of a mental act) Taking place entirely within the mind of the subject and having no effect outside of it. Compare (emanant), (transeunt).
Being within the limits of experience or knowledge.
Necessary.
Very important; of high importance.
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Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
Really existing; existent.
* Webster (1623)
Such that each complementary region is irreducible, the boundary of each complementary region is incompressible by disks and monogons in the complementary region, and no leaf is a sphere or a torus bounding a solid torus in the manifold.
(medicine) Idiopathic.
As adjectives the difference between immanent and essential
is that immanent is naturally part of something; existing throughout and within something; inherent; integral; intrinsic; indwelling while essential is necessary.As a noun essential is
a necessary ingredient.immanent
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Adjective
(en adjective) (wikipedia immanent)Usage notes
* Not to be confused with .essential
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Adjective
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- Don’t mind him being grumpy. That’s the essential Fred.
- Is it true, that thou art but a name, / And no essential thing?
