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Born vs Inborn - What's the difference?

born | inborn |

As adjectives the difference between born and inborn

is that born is well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth while inborn is innate, possessed by an organism at birth.

As a verb born

is past participle of lang=en; given birth to.

As a noun born

is an alternative spelling of lang=en A stream.

born

English

(wikipedia born)

Etymology 1

From the verb (term).

Verb

(head)
  • ; given birth to.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth.
  • * 1942 , Storm Jameson, Then we shall hear singing: a fantasy in C major
    • I ought really to have called him my sergeant. He's a born' sergeant. That's as much as to say he's a ' born scoundrel.
    Derived terms
    * born in a barn * born leader * born loser * born killer * born-again * firstborn * highborn * low-born * newborn * stillborn * twice-born
    See also
    * borne

    Etymology 2

    Dialectal variant of (burn).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Geordie) A stream.
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    Verb

  • (Geordie) With fire.
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    * English irregular past participles 1000 English basic words ----

    inborn

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • * September 20 1995 , writing in The Guardian'', '' From Venus and Mars
    • However, a scientific study just published in American Psychologist provides strong reasons to doubt that there are many inborn differences between genders.
  • inherited or hereditary

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * inbornness

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