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Inbred vs Fundamental - What's the difference?

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Inbred is a related term of fundamental.


As adjectives the difference between inbred and fundamental

is that inbred is bred within; innate; as, inbred worth while fundamental is pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation hence: essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary.

As nouns the difference between inbred and fundamental

is that inbred is (vulgar) an inbred individual while fundamental is a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of linear algebra.

As a verb inbred

is (inbreed).

inbred

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • bred within; innate; as, inbred worth.
  • (often pejorative) having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding
  • (genetics) describing a strain produced through successive generations of inbreeding resulting in a population of genetically identical individuals which are homozygous at all genetic loci.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (inbreed)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (vulgar) An inbred individual
    • Since you all marry your cousins I bet you're a bunch of inbreds .

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    fundamental

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of linear algebra.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
    • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.}}

    Derived terms

    * fundamentalism * fundamentalist * fundamentality * fundamentally * fundamentalness * fundamental analysis

    Related terms

    * fundament

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