Primitive vs Innate - What's the difference?
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An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to (derivative).
A member of a primitive society.
A simple-minded person.
(computing, programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
(mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.
Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=4 (rfc-sense) Crude, obsolete.
(grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived.
(biology) Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.
Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See a priori, intuitive.
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(botany) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther.
To cause to exist; to call into being.
As adjectives the difference between primitive and innate
is that primitive is of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first while innate is inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.As a noun primitive
is an original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to {{term|derivative}}.As a verb innate is
to cause to exist; to call into being.primitive
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(wikipedia primitive)Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}
Derived terms
* primitivenessSynonyms
* backwardsinnate
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Adjective
(-)- There is an innate light in every man, discovering to him the first lines of duty in the common notions of good and evil.
- how men may attain to all the knowledge they have, without the help of any innate impressions
- (Gray)