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Intuition vs Intrinsic - What's the difference?

intuition | intrinsic |

As nouns the difference between intuition and intrinsic

is that intuition is (pedantic) while intrinsic is a built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.

As an adjective intrinsic is

innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.

intuition

English

(wikipedia intuition)

Alternative forms

* (pedantic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
  • *
    • The native speaker's grammatical competence is reflected in two types of
    intuition'' which speakers have about their native language(s) — (i) intuitions'''
    about sentence ''well-formedness'', and (ii) '''intuitions     about sentence ''structure''.
    The word ''intuition'' is used here in a technical sense which has become stand-
    ardised in Linguistics: by saying that a native speaker has ''intuitions'' about the
    well-formedness and structure of sentences, all we are saying is that he has the
    ability to make ''judgments     about whether a given sentence is well-formed or
    not, and about whether it has a particular structure or not. [...]
  • A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.

    • Derived terms

    * intuitional * intuitionism * intuitionist * intuitionistic * intuitive * intuit

    References

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    intrinsic

    English

    (Intrinsic and extrinsic properties)

    Alternative forms

    * intrinsick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
    • the intrinsic value of gold or silver
    the intrinsic merit of an action
  • * I. Taylor
    • He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement.
  • Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.

    • Antonyms

    * extrinsic

    Derived terms

    * * * * *

    Related terms

    * intrinsicality

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
    • You can acquire the fire-resistance intrinsic by eating dragon meat.

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