Innate vs Resolute - What's the difference?
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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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(botany) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther.
To cause to exist; to call into being.
Firm, unyielding, determined.
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(obsolete) Convinced; satisfied; sure.
Innate is a related term of resolute.
As adjectives the difference between innate and resolute
is that innate is inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence while resolute is firm, unyielding, determined.As a verb innate
is to cause to exist; to call into being.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
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Usage notes
* Nouns often used with "innate": knowledge, idea, immunity, etc.Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* innatenessVerb
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* ----resolute
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She was resolute in her determination to resist his romantic advances.
- He was resolute in his decision to stay.
- Edward is at hand, / Ready to fight; therefore be resolute .
- If the Coward Bumble Bee / In his chimney corner stay, / I, must resoluter be!
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