Intrinsic vs Hidden - What's the difference?
intrinsic | hidden |
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.
That has been moved out of sight. Invisible or unapparent.
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That has been hidden.
As adjectives the difference between intrinsic and hidden
is that intrinsic is innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential while hidden is that has been moved out of sight invisible or unapparent.As a noun intrinsic
is a built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.As a verb hidden is
.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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* *hidden
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)The Lonely Pyramid, passage=It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood.}}
It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}