Artificial vs. Synthetic
Artificialadjective
Man-made; of artifice.
Artificialadjective
False, misleading.
Artificialadjective
Unnatural.
Artificialadjective
Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.
Artificialadjective
Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
Artificialadjective
Artful; cunning; crafty.
Artificialadjective
Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.
Artificialadjective
contrived by art rather than nature;
Artificialadjective
artificially formal;
Artificialadjective
not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes
Artificialadjective
made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural
Artificialadjective
(of a situation or concept) not existing naturally; contrived or false
Artificialadjective
(of a person or their behaviour) insincere or affected
Artificialadjective
(of a bid) conventional as opposed to natural
Syntheticadjective
of, or relating to synthesis
Syntheticadjective
(chemistry) produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained)
Syntheticadjective
artificial, not genuine
Syntheticadjective
(grammar) pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic)
Syntheticadjective
(linguistics) of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships (compare analytic)
Syntheticnoun
a synthetic compound
Syntheticadjective
Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical.
Syntheticadjective
Artificial. Cf. Synthesis, 2.
Syntheticadjective
Comprising within itself structural or other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups; - said of species, genera, and higher groups. See the Note under Comprehensive, 3.
Syntheticnoun
a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
Syntheticadjective
not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially;
Syntheticadjective
involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis;
Syntheticadjective
systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
Syntheticadjective
of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts;
Syntheticadjective
artificial as if portrayed in a film;
Syntheticadjective
not genuine or natural;
Syntheticadjective
(of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product
Syntheticadjective
(of an emotion or action) not genuine; insincere
Syntheticadjective
(of a proposition) having truth or falsity determinable by recourse to experience.
Syntheticadjective
(of a language) characterized by the use of inflections rather than word order to express grammatical structure.
Syntheticnoun
a synthetic material or chemical, especially a textile fibre.
