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Permanent vs Intrinsic - What's the difference?

permanent | intrinsic |

As adjectives the difference between permanent and intrinsic

is that permanent is without end, eternal while intrinsic is innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.

As nouns the difference between permanent and intrinsic

is that permanent is a chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm while intrinsic is a built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.

As a verb permanent

is (dated) to perm (the hair).

permanent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Without end, eternal.
  • Nothing in this world is truly permanent .
  • Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
  • The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.

    Antonyms

    * impermanent, temporary

    Derived terms

    * permanently * permanent marker * permanent wave * permanent way

    Noun

    (wikipedia permanent) (en noun)
  • A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
  • * 1943 , (Raymond Chandler), The High Window , Penguin 2005, p. 8:
  • She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent , a hard beak and large moist eyes with the sympathetic expression of wet stones.
  • (linear algebra, combinatorics) Given an n \times n matrix a_{ij} \,, the sum over all permutations \pi \, of \prod_{i=1}^n{a_{i\pi(i)}}.
  • See also

    * determinant * ephemeral * relaxer * temporary

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated) To perm (the hair).
  • 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

    * * * * *

    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.