The difference between Indigenous and Natural

When used as adjectives, indigenous means born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion, whereas natural means that exists and evolved within the confines of an ecosystem.


Natural is also noun with the meaning: a native inhabitant of a place, country etc.

check bellow for the other definitions of Indigenous and Natural

  1. Indigenous as an adjective (chiefly, of living things):

    Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.

  2. Indigenous as an adjective:

    Innate, inborn.

  3. Indigenous as an adjective:

    Of or relating to the native inhabitants of a land.

  4. Indigenous as an adjective:

    Of or relating to a language, culture, or ethnic group that has not spread by colonization, or that has been on the receiving end of colonization.

  1. Natural as an adjective:

    That exists and evolved within the confines of an ecosystem.

    Examples:

    "The species will be under threat if its natural habitat is destroyed."

  2. Natural as an adjective:

    Of or relating to nature.

    Examples:

    "In the natural world the fit tend to live on while the weak perish."

  3. Natural as an adjective:

    Without artificial additives.

    Examples:

    "'Natural food is healthier than processed food."

  4. Natural as an adjective:

    As expected; reasonable.

    Examples:

    "It's natural for business to be slow on Tuesdays."

    "His prison sentence was the natural consequence of a life of crime."

  5. Natural as an adjective (music):

    Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.

    Examples:

    "There's a wrong note here: it should be C natural instead of C sharp."

  6. Natural as an adjective (music):

    Produced by natural organs, such as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music.

  7. Natural as an adjective (music):

    Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Moore (Encyc. of Music)"

  8. Natural as an adjective (math):

    Having 1 as the base of the system, of a function or number.

  9. Natural as an adjective (dice):

    Without, or prior to, modification or adjustment. The result of a dice roll before bonuses or penalties are added to or subtracted from the result.

    Examples:

    "the natural motion of a gravitating body"

    "The chairs were all natural oak but the table had a lurid finish."

    "So-called second-generation [[w:Breast implant silicone breast implants]] looked and felt more like the natural breast."

  10. Natural as an adjective:

    Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in feelings.

  11. Natural as an adjective (obsolete):

    Connected by the ties of consanguinity.

  12. Natural as an adjective (obsolete):

    Born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard.

    Examples:

    "a natural child"

  13. Natural as an adjective (of sexual intercourse):

    Without a condom.

    Examples:

    "We made natural love."

  1. Natural as a noun (now, _, rare):

    A native inhabitant of a place, country etc.

  2. Natural as a noun (music):

    A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental, or the symbol ♮ used to indicate such a note.

  3. Natural as a noun:

    One with an innate talent at or for something.

    Examples:

    "He's a natural on the saxophone."

  4. Natural as a noun:

    An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.

    Examples:

    "color paneFAD6A5"

  5. Natural as a noun (archaic):

    One with a simple mind; a fool or idiot.

  6. Natural as a noun (colloquial, chiefly, _, UK):

    One's natural life.

  7. Natural as a noun (US, colloquial):

    A hairstyle for people with afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.

  8. Natural as a noun (algebra):

    Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.