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Unnatural vs Denature - What's the difference?

unnatural | denature |

As an adjective unnatural

is not natural; supernatural or artificial.

As a verb denature is

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unnatural

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not natural; supernatural or artificial.
  • Not occurring in the environment or atmosphere
  • Going against nature; perverse.
  • Antonyms

    * natural

    denature

    English

    Verb

  • To take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of a thing or a person.
  • (in reference to alcohol) to add something that makes alcohol unsuitable for consumption but leaves the alcohol suitable for other purposes.
  • * While you cannot drink denatured alcohol, you can still use it to remove sticker glue from most surfaces.
  • (chemistry) To subject (especially a protein) to conditions altering its original form or state.
  • To combine fissionable material with nonfissionable material in order to prevent its use in an atomic weapon.
  • Synonyms

    * (to take away a natural characteristic of) denaturalize

    Anagrams

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