Indigenous vs Genesis - What's the difference?
indigenous | genesis |
(chiefly, of living things) Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
* 1862 , , "Wild Apples: The History of the Apple Tree":
Innate, inborn.
* 1852 , , Uncle Tom's Cabin , ch. 18:
* 1883 , , "Stephen Archer" in Stephen Archer and Other Tales :
The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
As an adjective indigenous
is born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.As a noun genesis is
the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.As a proper noun Genesis is
the first sacred book in the Torah and the Hebrew Bible.indigenous
English
Adjective
(-)- Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores.
- She was a native and essential cook, as much as Aunt Chloe,—cooking being an indigenous talent of the African race.
- He had all the tricks of a newspaper boy indigenous in him.
Synonyms
* (born or engendered in) aboriginal, autochthonous, nativeDerived terms
* indigenity * indigenously * indigenousness * nonindigenousgenesis
English
Noun
(geneses)- Some point to the creation of Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law.
