Innate vs Profound - What's the difference?
innate | profound | Related terms |
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.
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* John Locke
(botany) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther.
To cause to exist; to call into being.
Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
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Very deep; very serious
Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
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Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
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Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
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(obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
(obsolete) An abyss.
(obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
(obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
As adjectives the difference between innate and profound
is that innate is inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence while profound is descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.As verbs the difference between innate and profound
is that innate is to cause to exist; to call into being while profound is to cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.As a noun profound is
the deep; the sea; the ocean.innate
English
Adjective
(-)- There is an innate light in every man, discovering to him the first lines of duty in the common notions of good and evil.
- how men may attain to all the knowledge they have, without the help of any innate impressions
- (Gray)
Usage notes
* Nouns often used with "innate": knowledge, idea, immunity, etc.Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* innatenessVerb
References
* *Anagrams
* ----profound
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A gulf profound
- Profound sciatica
- Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt.
- What humble gestures! What profound reverence!
Noun
(-)- God in the fathomless profound / Hath all this choice commanders drowned. Sandys .
- (Milton)
Verb
(en verb)- (Sir Thomas Browne)