Difference between Living and Extant

What is the difference between Living and Extant?

Living as an adjective is a state of having life. while Extant as an adjective is still in existence.

Living

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: A state of having life. In use or existing. Of everyday life True to life. Used as an intensifier.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The state of being alive. Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood A style of life. A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income. The holder of the position receives its revenue for the performance of stipulated duties.

Example sentence: Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Extant

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Still in existence.Currently existing; not having disappeared.Still alive; not extinct.

We hope you now know whether to use Living or Extant in your sentence.

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