Born vs Inborn - What's the difference?
born | inborn |
; given birth to.
Well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth.
* 1942 , Storm Jameson, Then we shall hear singing: a fantasy in C major
(Geordie) With fire.
innate, possessed by an organism at birth
* September 20 1995 , writing in The Guardian'', ''
inherited or hereditary
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)Adjective
(-)- 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-bornSee also
* borneEtymology 2
Dialectal variant of (burn).References
*Verb
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*Statistics
*inborn
English
Adjective
(-)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.