artificial vs natural
Definitions
adjective
- not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes
- artificially formal
- contrived by art rather than nature
Examples
The building is dark brick topped by pinky-coloured concrete block walls, white plastic-looking fascia board, black plastic guttering and an artificial slate roof.
Qiao Gong Fang Gems is a professional supplier of high-quality jewelry gemstones in Wuzhou which famous known as "the capital of artificial gem in the world".
They are accused of hatching a decade-long plot to keep wholesale oil prices artificially high.
Definitions
adjective
- functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
- unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
- free from artificiality
- being talented through inherited qualities
- existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
noun
- (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
- someone regarded as certain to succeed
- a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
Examples
Lovecraft dealt not with the supernatural but with the "supernormal," as Joshi puts it -- the unrealized side of material reality.
Frogs and newts have already been attracted to three new natural spring ponds at Abbey Meads School.
I play the piano, so it is natural for me to think ‘harmonically’ a lot of the time (one can hear harmonies instantly on a piano; also mainstream jazz is extremely harmony driven).
