-ent creates adjectives, -ence creates nouns.
| Adjective | Noun |
| abhorrent absorbent adjacent affluent ambient ambivalent apparent benevolent competent coherent coincident complacent confident consequent consistent convenient corpulent decadent deficient dependent despondent deterrent different diffident diligent efficient effluent eloquent emergent equivalent excellent existent expedient flatulent fluent fraudulent imminent impatient impudent inherent insistent insolent insolvent insurgent lenient malevolent negligent obedient omnipotent omniscient opulent penitent permanent persistent pertinent potent precedent prevalent proficient prominent quiescent recurrent referent repellent resilient respondent resurgent reverent silent subsequent subsistent succulent sufficient truculent turbulent urgent violent virulent | abhorrence affluence ambience ambivalence benevolence competence coherence coincidence complacence confidence consequence convenience corpulence decadence deficience dependence despondence deterrence difference diffidence diligence effluence eloquence emergence equivalence excellence existence expedience flatulence fraudulence imminence impatience impudence insistence insolence insurgence lenience malevolence negligence obedience omnipotence omniscience opulence penitence permanence persistence pertinence potence precedence prevalence prominence quiescence recurrence reference resilience resurgence reverence silence subsistence succulence truculence turbulence violence virulence |
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