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Explicitly vs Inherently - What's the difference?

explicitly | inherently |

As adverbs the difference between explicitly and inherently

is that explicitly is in an explicit manner while inherently is in an inherent way; naturally, innately, unavoidably.

explicitly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In an explicit manner.
  • *

    • Antonyms

    * implicitly

    inherently

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an inherent way; naturally, innately, unavoidably.
  • * 1791, Thomas Paine, The Rights Of Man
    • Rights are inherently in all the inhabitants; but charters, by annulling those rights, in the majority, leave the right, by exclusion, in the hands of a few.