Instinct vs Constitution - What's the difference?
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A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-book
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, passage=In spite of these qualifications, the broad distinction between instinct and habit is undeniable. To take extreme cases, every animal at birth can take food by instinct, before it has had opportunity to learn; on the other hand, no one can ride a bicycle by instinct, though, after learning, the necessary movements become just as automatic as if they were instinctive.}}
An intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought.
(archaic) Imbued, charged ((with) something).
* Milton
* Brougham
* 1928 , (HP Lovecraft), ‘The Call of Cthulhu’:
The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.
* Sir J. Herschel
The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.
* Macaulay
A legal document describing such a formal system.
The general health of a person.
A person's physique or temperament.
* Story
* Clarendon
Instinct is a related term of constitution.
As a noun instinct
is a natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.As an adjective instinct
is (archaic) imbued, charged ((with) something).As a proper noun constitution is
the supreme law of some countries, such as australia, ireland, and the united states.instinct
English
(wikipedia instinct)Noun
- Many animals fear fire by instinct .
- By a divine instinct , men's minds mistrust / Ensuing dangers.
- an instinct''' for order; to be modest by '''instinct
- Debbie's instinct was to distrust John.
Derived terms
* instinctively * instinctiveAdjective
(en adjective)- The chariot of paternal deity / Itself instinct with spirit, but convoyed / By four cherubic shapes.
- a noble performance, instinct with sound principle
- This thing, which seemed instinct with a fearsome and unnatural malignancy, was of a somewhat bloated corpulence, and squatted evilly on a rectangular block or pedestal covered with undecipherable characters.
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English
(wikipedia constitution)Noun
(en noun)- the physical constitution of the sun
- Our constitution had begun to exist in times when statesmen were not much accustomed to frame exact definitions.
- Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the old world.
- He defended himself with less passion than was expected from his constitution .
