Embedded vs. Integrated — What's the Difference?

To fix firmly in a surrounding mass

To make into a whole by bringing all parts together; unify

To cause to be an integral part of a surrounding whole

To join with something else; unite

(Linguistics)To insert or position (a clause or phrase) within a clause or phrase.

To make part of a larger unit

(Computers)To insert (a virus, for example) into a software program.

To open (an institution, for example) to people of all races or ethnic groups without restriction; desegregate.

To assign (a journalist) to travel with a military unit during an armed conflict.

To admit (a racial or ethnic group) to equal membership in an institution or society.

(Biology)To enclose (a specimen) in a supporting material before sectioning for microscopic examination.

To calculate the integral of.

To become embedded

To perform integration on.

One that is embedded, especially a journalist who is assigned to an active military unit.

(Psychology) To bring about the integration of (personality traits).

Simple past tense and past participle of embed

To become integrated or undergo integration.

Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted.

Composed and coordinated to form a whole

Partially buried in concrete or planted in earth.

(US) characterized by racial integration

Enclosed or fixed firmly in a surrounding mass; surrounded on all sides; as, found pebbles embedded in the silt; stone containing many embedded fossils; as, peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp.

Simple past tense and past participle of integrate

Inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; as, confused by the embedded Latin quotations; an embedded subordinate clause.

Formed or united into a whole.

Enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass;

Formed into a whole or introduced into another entity; as, an integrated Europe. Opposite of nonintegrated.

Inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole;

Having different groups treated together as equals in one group; as, racially integrated schools.

Resembling a living organism in organization or development.

Combined. Opposite of uncombined.

Having constituent parts mixed to form a single unit. Opposite of unmixed.

Formed or united into a whole

Formed into a whole or introduced into another entity;

Not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups;

Resembling a living organism in organization or development;

Caused to combine or unite