Earthy vs Organic - What's the difference?
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Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
Down to earth, un-artificed, natural.
Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
(biology) pertaining to or derived from living organisms.
pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.
(chemistry) relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products
of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.
(sociology) describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdepencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).
(military) Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).
* 1998 : Eyal Ben-Ari, Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Military Unit . Beghahn Books,
* 1945 : U.S. War Department, Handbook on German Military Forces . LSU Press (1990).
Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
* Milton
(Internet, of search results) Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to paid placement by advertisers.
* 2008 , Michael Masterson, MaryEllen Tribby, Changing the Channel: 12 Easy Ways to Make Millions for Your Business
As adjectives the difference between earthy and organic
is that earthy is resembling dirt or soil (ie earth) while organic is (biology) pertaining to or derived from living organisms.As a noun organic is
(chemistry) an organic compound.earthy
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Adjective
(er)- The earthy smell of fresh turned loam told me the farmer had started plowing this morning, the definitive sign of spring for me.
- She was an earthy soul, the salt of the earth as they say of such rural folk, untarnished by false civilization.
- He was wet through with the dew and quite earthy from diving into the burrows the Boy had made for him in the flower bed, and Nana grumbled as she rubbed him off with a corner of her apron.
Anagrams
*organic
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(wikipedia organic)Alternative forms
* organick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)p 29.
- ''Socially, the term “organic ” unit implies a military force characterized by relatively high cohesion, overlapping primary groups and a certain sense of shared past.
p 161.
- Most types of German field divisions include an organic reconnaissance battalion, and the remainder have strong reconnaissance companies.
- those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously
- According to a recent survey by Jupiter Research, 80 percent of Web users get information from organic search results.