Existent and Recent

Existent

Existent adjective - Existing in fact and not merely as a possibility.

Recent and existent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recent" instead an adjective "Existent".

Nearby Words: existence, existing, existential

Recent

Recent adjective - Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.

Existent and recent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Existent" instead an adjective "Recent".

Nearby Words: recently, recency

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / Chowder Fast forward to more recent episodes where any mention of Mung Daal's cooking skills are almost non-existent (except for when his failures are pointed out) and he's near-constantly portrayed as something of a Small Name, Big Ego-esque pervert.
  • It should be noted that whilst it's an official division of Universal Records, copyright laws in Russia were virtually non-existent until very recently, and it is only in recent years that Western music has started to be officially released there, so there was an established bootleg trade.
  • Un-Canceled In general, Nickelodeon (with both live-action and animated shows) and Cartoon Networknote Also includes their (now non-existent) live-action shows as well have been notoriously bad about this in recent years.
    Source: Un-Canceled
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