The difference between Innate and Native
When used as adjectives, innate means inborn, whereas native means belonging to one by birth.
Innate is also verb with the meaning: to cause to exist.
Native is also noun with the meaning: a person who is native to a place.
check bellow for the other definitions of Innate and Native
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Innate as an adjective:
Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
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Innate as an adjective (philosophy):
Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience
Examples:
"'innate ideas"
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Innate as an adjective:
Instinctive; coming from instinct.
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Innate as an adjective (botany):
Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament.
Examples:
"an innate [[anther]]"
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Innate as a verb (obsolete):
To cause to exist; to call into being.
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Native as an adjective:
Belonging to one by birth.
Examples:
"This is my native land."
"English is not my native language."
"I need a volunteer native New Yorker for my next joke…"
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Native as an adjective:
Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
Examples:
"What are now called ‘Native Americans’ used to be called Indians."
"The native peoples of Australia are called aborigines."
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Native as an adjective:
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Native as an adjective:
Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
Examples:
"a native inhabitant"
"native oysters or strawberries"
"Many native artists studied abroad."
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Native as an adjective (biology, of a species):
Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by man.
Examples:
"The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple."
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Native as an adjective (computing, of software):
Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
Examples:
"This is a native back-end to gather the latest news feeds."
"The native integer size is sixteen bits."
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Native as an adjective (mineralogy):
Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form; native aluminium, native salt.
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Native as an adjective:
Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
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Native as an adjective:
Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
Examples:
"native dust"
"rfquotek Milton"
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Native as an adjective:
Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
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Native as a noun:
A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
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Native as a noun (in particular):
A person of aboriginal stock, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. .
Examples:
"Some natives must have stolen our cattle."
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Native as a noun:
A native speaker.
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Native as a noun:
Ostrea edulis, a kind of oyster.