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Innate vs Intrinsic - What's the difference?

innate | intrinsic |

As adjectives the difference between innate and intrinsic

is that innate is inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence while intrinsic is innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.

As a verb innate

is to cause to exist; to call into being.

As a noun intrinsic is

{{cx|computing|programming|lang=en}} A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.

innate

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.
  • Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See a priori, intuitive.
  • * South
    • There is an innate light in every man, discovering to him the first lines of duty in the common notions of good and evil.
  • * John Locke
    • how men may attain to all the knowledge they have, without the help of any innate impressions
  • (botany) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther.
    • (Gray)

    Usage notes

    * Nouns often used with "innate": knowledge, idea, immunity, etc.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * innateness

    Related terms

    * antenatal * nascent * natal * native * nativism * natural * nature * naturism * naturalism * prenatal

    Verb

  • To cause to exist; to call into being.

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    Anagrams

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    intrinsic

    English

    (Intrinsic and extrinsic properties)

    Alternative forms

    * intrinsick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
    • the intrinsic value of gold or silver
    the intrinsic merit of an action
  • * I. Taylor
    • He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement.
  • Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.

    • Antonyms

    * extrinsic

    Derived terms

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    Related terms

    * intrinsicality

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.
  • An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.
    • You can acquire the fire-resistance intrinsic by eating dragon meat.

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