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Implicit vs Innate - What's the difference?

implicit | innate | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between implicit and innate

is that implicit is implied indirectly, without being directly expressed while innate is inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.

As a verb innate is

to cause to exist; to call into being.

implicit

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Implied indirectly, without being directly expressed
  • * 1983 , (Ronald Reagan),
  • The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible's teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual.
  • Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown
  • Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
  • * 1765 , Anonymous,
  • He is not only a zealous advocate for pusilanimous and passive obedience, but for the most implicit faith in the dictatorial mandates of power.
  • (obsolete) entangled, twisted together.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • In his woolly fleece I cling implicit .

    Synonyms

    * (implied indirectly) implied, unspoken * (contained in the essential nature) inherent, intrinsic * (having no reservations) unconditional, unquestioning

    Antonyms

    * explicit

    Derived terms

    * implicitly * implicitness

    innate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.
  • Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See a priori, intuitive.
  • * South
  • There is an innate light in every man, discovering to him the first lines of duty in the common notions of good and evil.
  • * John Locke
  • how men may attain to all the knowledge they have, without the help of any innate impressions
  • (botany) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther.
  • (Gray)

    Usage notes

    * Nouns often used with "innate": knowledge, idea, immunity, etc.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * innateness

    Verb

  • To cause to exist; to call into being.
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