Intrinsic vs Inland - What's the difference?
intrinsic | inland |
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.
Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.
:* This wide inland sea. .
:* From inland regions to the distant main. .
Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.
Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign; as, an inland bill of exchange.
The interior part of a country. Shakespeare
Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook .
:* The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east. .
As nouns the difference between intrinsic and inland
is that intrinsic is a built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library while inland is homeland, as opposed to foreign country; in composites: domestic.As an adjective intrinsic
is innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.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.
