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Inbred vs Ingrained - What's the difference?

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Inbred is a related term of ingrained.


As adjectives the difference between inbred and ingrained

is that inbred is bred within; innate; as, inbred worth while ingrained is being an element; present in the essence of a thing.

As verbs the difference between inbred and ingrained

is that inbred is (inbreed) while ingrained is (ingrain).

As a noun inbred

is (vulgar) an inbred individual.

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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    ingrained

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being an element; present in the essence of a thing
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  • Fixed, established

    • Synonyms

  • inherent

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (ingrain)

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