different between inner vs innate

English

Etymology

From Middle English inner, ynner, ynnere, from Old English innera, comparative of inne (“within”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?en.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??n?/
• Rhymes: -?n?(?)

Adjective

inner (not generally comparable, comparative innermore, superlative innermost)

1. Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
2. Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.

3. Inside or closer to the inside of the body.

4. Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.
   • 1973, John Lennon, Out the Blue

   I will try to express. My inner feeling and thankfulness. For showing me the meaning of success
5. Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.

6. Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.

Synonyms

• interior
• internal

Antonyms

• outer

Derived terms

• innerly
• innerness

Translations

Noun

inner (plural inners)

1. An inner part.
2. (South Africa) A duvet, excluding the cover.
3. A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
4. (cricket) A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.
5. (Britain, politics) One who supports remaining in the European Union.
6. (military, firearms) The 2nd circle on a target, between the bull (or bull's eye) and magpie.

Antonyms

• (One who supports remaining in the EU): outer

Translations

Anagrams

• niner, renin

Dutch

Etymology

From innen +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in?ner

Noun

inner m (plural inners, diminutive innertje n)

1. collector (of taxes)

Derived terms

• belastinginner

German

Etymology 1

From Old High German innar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?/

Adjective

inner- (comparative nonexistent, superlative am innersten)

1. inner

Declension

Antonyms

• äußer-

Derived terms

• Inneres
• innerlich

Related terms

• zuinnerst

Preposition

inner (+ dative)

1. within

Synonyms

• innert
• innerhalb

Etymology 2

Contraction of in der

Contraction

inner f

1. (colloquial) in the

Further reading

• “inner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “inner” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German innar. Compare German inner, English inner.

Adjective

inner

1. inner

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inn?tus (“inborn”), perfect active participle of inn?scor (“be born in, grow up in”), from in (“in, at on”) + n?scor (“be born”); see natal, native.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ne?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Adjective

innate (not comparable)

1. Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
2. (philosophy) Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience.
3. Instinctive; coming from instinct.
   • 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, Chapter 3

     As if she held the clue to something secret in his breast, of the nature of which he was hardly informed himself. As if she had an innate knowledge of one jarring and discordant string within him, and her very breath could sound it.

4. (botany) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament.

Usage notes

• Nouns often used with "innate": knowledge, idea, immunity, etc.

Synonyms

• (existing or having existed since birth): See also Thesaurus:innate

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• a priori
• intuitive.

Verb

innate (third-person singular simple present innates, present participle innating, simple past and past participle innated)

1. (obsolete) To cause to exist; to call into being.

Translations

References

• innate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• innate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• annite, ante in, nanite, tannie

Italian

Adjective

innate f pl

1. feminine plural of innato

Latin

Participle

inn?te

1. vocative masculine singular of inn?tus