Intrinsic vs Eternal - What's the difference?
intrinsic | eternal |
Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
* I. Taylor
Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.
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.
Lasting forever; unending.
* John Locke
* Dryden
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(philosophy) existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly
(dated) Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier.
As adjectives the difference between intrinsic and eternal
is that intrinsic is innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential while eternal is lasting forever; unending.As a noun intrinsic
is a built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.intrinsic
English
(Intrinsic and extrinsic properties)Alternative forms
* intrinsick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- the intrinsic value of gold or silver
- the intrinsic merit of an action
- He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement.
Antonyms
* extrinsicDerived terms
* * * * *Noun
(en noun)- You can acquire the fire-resistance intrinsic by eating dragon meat.
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* *eternal
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Alternative forms
* (chiefly archaic) * (obsolete) * eternall (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- to know whether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal
- Fires eternal in thy temple shine.
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- some eternal villain