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Inborn vs Intuitive - What's the difference?

inborn | intuitive | Synonyms |

Inborn is a synonym of intuitive.


As adjectives the difference between inborn and intuitive

is that inborn is innate, possessed by an organism at birth while intuitive is spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.

As a noun intuitive is

one who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.

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

    Anagrams

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    intuitive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}
  • * 2013 February 16, Laurie Goodstein, “ Cardinals Size Up Potential Candidates for New Pope”, NYTimes.com :
  • These impressions [of potential papal candidates], collected from interviews with a variety of church officials and experts, may influence the very intuitive , often unpredictable process the cardinals will use to decide who should lead the world’s largest church.
    The intuitive response turned out to be correct.
  • Easily understood or grasped by intuition.
  • Designing software with an intuitive interface can be difficult.
  • Having a marked degree of intuition.
  • Antonyms

    * non-intuitive * counterintuitive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.
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