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Incipient vs Germinal - What's the difference?

incipient | germinal |

As an adjective incipient

is in an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.

As a noun incipient

is (countable|obsolete) beginner.

As a proper noun germinal is

(historical) the seventh month of the french republican calendar, from march 20 or 21 to april 20 or 21.

incipient

English

Adjective

(-)
  • In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
    • After 500 years, incipient towns appeared.
    Employees shall be familiarized with the use of a fire extinguisher in incipient stage fire fighting.

    Synonyms

    * (beginning) beginning, commencing, emerging, starting, inchoate, nascent

    Noun

  • (countable, obsolete) beginner
  • (uncountable, grammar) A verb tense of the Hebrew language.

    • Synonyms

    * (beginner) beginner, inceptor

    Related terms

    * inception * incipience * incipiency * incipiently * incipit ----

    germinal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining or belonging to a germ.
  • (label) Of or pertaining to something very small, as small as a germ; pertaining to the essence of something.
    • It was only the most germinal idea, to start writing a book, originally.
  • (label) Highly influential, seminal.

    • Usage notes

    In sense “highly influential”, primarily used as a consciously feminist alternative to male (m) ( vs. (term)).

    Synonyms

    * (relating to seed) (l) * (influential) (l)

    Derived terms

    * germinal cell * germinal disk * germinal epithelium * germinal matrix * germinal membrane * germinal spot * germinal vesicle * subgerminal

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