Nature vs Structure - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between nature and structure

is that nature is the natural world; consisting of all things unaffected by or predating human technology, production and design. e.g. the ecosystem, the natural environment, virgin ground, unmodified species, laws of nature while structure is a cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.

As verbs the difference between nature and structure

is that nature is to endow with natural qualities while structure is to give structure to; to arrange.

As a proper noun Nature

is the sum of natural forces reified and considered as a sentient being, will, or principle.

nature

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Alternative forms

* natuer (obsolete)

Noun

(lb) The natural world; consisting of all things unaffected by or predating human technology, production and design. e.g. the ecosystem, the natural environment, virgin ground, unmodified species, laws of nature.

* (1800-1859)

*:Nature has caprices which art cannot imitate.

*1891 , (Oscar Wilde), ''(The Decay of Lying)

*:Nature has good intentions, of course, but, as Aristotle once said, she cannot carry them out. When I look at a landscape I cannot help seeing all its defects.

The innate characteristics of a thing. What something will tend by its own constitution, to be or do. Distinct from what might be expected or intended.

*1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), , Ch.1:

*:Being by nature of a cheerful disposition, the symptom did not surprise his servant, late private of the same famous regiment, who was laying breakfast in an adjoining room.

*1869 , , :

*:Mark hardly knew whether to believe this or not. He already began to suspect that Roswell was something of a humbug, and though it was not in his nature to form a causeless dislike, he certainly did not feel disposed to like Roswell.

The summary of everything that has to do with biological, chemical and physical states and events in the physical universe.

*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:I oft admire / How Nature , wise and frugal, could commit / Such disproportions.

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Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

Kind, sort; character; quality.

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:A dispute of this nature caused mischief.

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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.

(lb) Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:my days of nature

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:Oppressed nature sleeps.

(lb) Natural affection or reverence.

*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

*:Have we not seen / The murdering son ascend his parent's bed, / Through violated nature force his way?

Derived terms

* animal nature * back to nature * bad nature * by nature * call of nature * defy the laws of nature * crime against nature * freak of nature * good nature * human nature * law of nature/laws of nature * let nature take its course * Mother Nature * nature morte * nature preserve * nature reserve * nature strip * nature study * nature worship * second nature (nature)

Verb

(natur)
(obsolete) To endow with natural qualities.

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structure
English
(wikipedia structure)
Noun
(en noun)
A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.

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, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.}}
The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items.

The underlying shape of a solid.

He studied the structure of her face.

The overall form or organization of something.

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, author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= citation , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure , astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
The structure of a sentence.

The structure of the society was still a mystery.

A set of rules defining behaviour.

For some, the structure of school life was oppressive.

(computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.

This structure contains both date and timezone information.

(fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish

There's lots of structure to be fished along the west shore of the lake; the impoundment submerged a town there when it was built.

A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.

The South African leader went off to consult with the structures .

(logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.

Synonyms
* (cohesive whole built up of distinct parts) formation * (underlying shape of a solid) formation * (overall form or organization of something) makeup, configuration
Derived terms
* antistructure
Verb
(structur)
To give structure to; to arrange.

I'm trying to structure my time better so I'm not always late.

I've structured the deal to limit the amount of money we can lose.

Related terms
* infrastructure * restructure * structural * structured * substructure * superstructure 1000 English basic words ----