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- Is there a subtle difference between inherent and intrinsic?
On the other hand, the price and usability of gold are humanly associated properties, a product of society, and it is therefore reasonable to talk about the inherent value of gold Why then is the word value more often correlated with intrinsic, than with inherent (as per Corpus of Contemporary American English)? I think this is a failure to
- Inherent vs Intrinsic - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"Inherent" is more for describing properties drawn out of something, as logical derivatives of its nature Think of the word "inherit" Intrinsic means the property is within the thing, like the intrinsic value of a cooking pot being that you can cook with it, as opposed to the extrinsic value that the law of supply and demand would grant it
- prepositions - Inherent in vs inherent to. - English Language . . .
And I find it quite odd to say that a silence is inherent, unless you say it is inherent in the relationship between two people, which would give us: They shared that comfortable silence inherent in a relationship between couples who no longer need to impress each other
- differences - Inherent in or inherent to? - English Language . . .
The adjectival OED sense 3 of inherent can exist without preposition (sense 3a) 1886 W J Tucker Life E Europe 33 Our inherent indolence, our apathy in times of peace is proverbial Where it exists in construction form (sense 3b) it is nowadays almost always with in , formerly with to and unto
- terminology - Inherency as used in policy debate - English Language . . .
Inherent simply means that it is a given that this or that condition exists in this or that situation naturally Inherent is a concept, like gravity, relativity or the like, and can be use in infinite ways in grammar
- word usage - Where should inherent be in these sentences? - English . . .
The second is emphasizing the inherent nature to the risk It says "inherent risks" meaning the inherent nature is part of the risk You could, perhaps, try to emphasize the inherent nature as being part of the relationships between the sport and the risk You could write something like the following "The presence of risk in sport is inherent "
- Inherently verses Innately [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Innate has a few definitions, including one that lists it as a synonym of inherent, but the summary definition is "existing from the time a person or animal is born" In contrast, inherent is defined as "belonging to the basic nature of someone or something" or "involved in the constitution or essential character of something"
- What does nothing inherent mean in this context? [closed]
FWIW, inherent, adhere, coherent all share a common origin in Latin haerēre = stick, cling to But the meaning of inherent is closely connected to "inherited [characteristics]", since an object's "inherent qualities" essentially means qualities which are "built-in" (from the beginning, by nature, not nurture) –
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