The difference between Adventitious and Extrinsic

When used as adjectives, adventitious means from an external source, whereas extrinsic means external.


check bellow for the other definitions of Adventitious and Extrinsic

  1. Adventitious as an adjective:

    From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.

  2. Adventitious as an adjective:

    Accidental, additional, appearing casually.

  3. Adventitious as an adjective (genetics, medicine):

    Not congenital; acquired.

  4. Adventitious as an adjective (biology):

    Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.

  1. Extrinsic as an adjective:

    external; separable from the thing itself; inessential

  2. Extrinsic as an adjective:

    not belonging to something; outside