immanent vs imminent
Definitions
adjective
- of a mental act performed entirely within the mind
- of qualities that are spread throughout something
Examples
However, it is an impersonal god, without name, without history, immanent in the world, diffused within an innumerable plurality of things…
The history of freedom in this country is not, as is often thought, the logical working out of ideas immanent in our founding documents or a straight-line trajectory of continual progress.
Many from the metaphysical church described a mystical and often immanent deity.
Definitions
adjective
- close in time; about to occur
Examples
Our main and imminent danger lay in the sudden dissolution of the ice, or in the capsizal of the berg.
The attention shone on her, as strangers stopped her in the street to ask about her imminent arrival.
No wonder that stories of its imminent demise are commonplace.
