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Constituent vs Inherent - What's the difference?

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Constituent is a related term of inherent.


As adjectives the difference between constituent and inherent

is that constituent is being a part, or component of a whole while inherent is inherent.

As a noun constituent

is a part, or component of a whole.

constituent

English

Adjective

(-)
  • being a part, or component of a whole
  • * Dryden
  • Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man.
  • authorized to make a constitution
  • * Junius
  • A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a part, or component of a whole
  • * Tyndall
  • We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water.
  • The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
  • * Sir M. Hale
  • Their first composure and origination require a higher and nobler constituent than chance.
  • A resident of a place represented by an elected official.
  • * Macaulay
  • To appeal from the representatives to the constituents .
  • * {{quote-news
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  • (legal) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
  • (Burrill)
  • (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause.
  • *
  • Thus, the postulation of a Noun Phrase'' constituent is justified on morphological grounds, since it is not obvious how we could describe the grammar of the genitive 's inflection in English without saying that it's a ''Noun Phrase inflection.

    See also

    *

    inherent

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Naturally as part or consequence of something.
  • * (Lyn Beth Neylon)
  • You are a human being. You have rights inherent in that reality. You have dignity and worth that exists prior to law.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
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    Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with inherit .

    Antonyms

    * extrinsic

    Synonyms

    * ingrained