different between inherit vs intrinsic

English

Etymology

From Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”). Replaced native Old English irfan, compare related noun erf (“inheritance”), from Middle English erve, from Old English yrfe, ierfe (“heritage, bequest, inheritance, property, inherited property, property that passes to an heir, cattle, livestock”), from Proto-Germanic *arbij? (“heritage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?erb?- (“to change ownership”) (from which also *h?órb?os (“orphan”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?h???t/
• Rhymes: -???t

Verb

inherit (third-person singular simple present inherits, present participle inheriting, simple past and past participle inherited)

1. (transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).

2. (transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.

3. (transitive, biology) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.

4. (transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.

5. (intransitive) To come into an inheritance.

6. (computing, programming, transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.

7. (computing, programming, transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
8. (transitive, obsolete) To put in possession of.

Usage notes

• Do not confuse with inherent.

Derived terms

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• intrinsick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French intrinsèque, from Latin intr?nsecus (“on the inside, inwardly”), from *intrim, an assumed adverbial form of inter (“within”) + secus (“by, on the side”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n.?t??n.z?k/

Adjective

intrinsic (comparative more intrinsic, superlative most intrinsic)

1. Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.

   Synonyms: essential, inherent, innate, proper to

   Antonym: extrinsic

   • 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening

2. (anatomy, of a body part) Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.

Synonyms

• (innate): See also Thesaurus:intrinsic or Thesaurus:innate

Derived terms

Related terms

• intrinsicality
• intrinsically

Translations

Noun

intrinsic (plural intrinsics)

1. (computing, programming) A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.
2. (video games) An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.

Further reading

• intrinsic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• intrinsic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Intrinsic and extrinsic properties on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• citrinins