Environment vs. Nature

Environmentnoun

The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.

Environmentnoun

The natural world or ecosystem.

Environmentnoun

All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.

Environmentnoun

A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.

Environmentnoun

(computing) The software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system.

Environmentnoun

(programming) The environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function's scope and their bindings at that point.

Environmentnoun

(computing) The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.

Environmentnoun

Act of environing; state of being environed.

Environmentnoun

That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.

Environmentnoun

the totality of surrounding conditions;

Environmentnoun

the area in which something exists or lives;

Environmentnoun

the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates

Environmentnoun

the setting or conditions in which a particular activity is carried on

Environmentnoun

the overall structure within which a user, computer, or program operates

Environmentnoun

the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity

Naturenoun

(uncountable) The natural world; that which consists of all things unaffected by or predating human technology, production, and design. E.G. the ecosystem, the natural environment, virgin ground, unmodified species, laws of nature.

Naturenoun

The innate characteristics of a thing. What something will tend by its own constitution, to be or do. Distinct from what might be expected or intended.

Naturenoun

The summary of everything that has to do with biological, chemical and physical states and events in the physical universe.

Naturenoun

Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.

Naturenoun

Kind, sort; character; quality.

Naturenoun

(obsolete) Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.

Naturenoun

(obsolete) Natural affection or reverence.

Natureverb

(obsolete) To endow with natural qualities.

Naturenoun

The existing system of things; the universe of matter, energy, time and space; the physical world; all of creation. Contrasted with the world of mankind, with its mental and social phenomena.

Naturenoun

The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; - often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence; as, produced by nature; the forces of nature.

Naturenoun

The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.

Naturenoun

Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.

Naturenoun

The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being.

Naturenoun

Kind, sort; character; quality.

Naturenoun

Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.

Naturenoun

Natural affection or reverence.

Naturenoun

Constitution or quality of mind or character.

Natureverb

To endow with natural qualities.

Naturenoun

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized;

Naturenoun

a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe;

Naturenoun

the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.;

Naturenoun

the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions;

Naturenoun

a particular type of thing;

Naturenoun

the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations

Naturenoun

the physical force regarded as causing and regulating the phenomena of the world

Naturenoun

the basic or inherent features, character, or qualities of something

Naturenoun

the innate or essential qualities or character of a person or animal

Naturenoun

inborn or hereditary characteristics as an influence on or determinant of personality.

Naturenoun

a person of a specified character

Nature

Nature, in the broadest sense, is the natural, physical, material world or universe. can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general.