Endemic vs. Indigenous — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Endemic and Indigenous
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Endemic
Prevalent in a particular locality, region, or population
Endemic diseases of the tropics.
Indigenous
Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native
The indigenous peoples of Siberia
Coriander is indigenous to southern Europe
Endemic
Native only to a particular locality or region
Endemic birds.
Indigenous
Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region.
Endemic
Common in or inherent to an enterprise or situation
"All the difficulties endemic to historical research become more acute in the case of war" (Constantine Pleshakov).
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Indigenous
Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.
Endemic
An organism that is native only to a particular locality or region.
Indigenous
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants.
Endemic
A disease that is prevalent in a particular locality, region, or population.
Indigenous
Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
Endemic
Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.
Indigenous
In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.
The Ainu are the indigenous ethnic group of Japan's Hokkaido Island.
Endemic
(especially of plants and animals) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.
Indigenous
Innate, inborn.
Endemic
(especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region.
Malaria is endemic to the tropics.
Indigenous
Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported.
Negroes were all transported from Africa and are not indigenous or proper natives of America.
In America, cotton, being indigenous, is cheap.
Endemic
An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
Indigenous
Native; inherent; innate.
Joy and hope are emotions indigenous to the human mind.
Endemic
A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.
Indigenous
Originating where it is found;
The autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo
Autochthonous rocks and people and folktales
Endemic folkways
The Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan
Endemic
Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.
Endemic
Belonging or native to a particular people or country; native as distinguished from introduced or naturalized; hence, regularly or ordinarily occurring in a given region; local; as, a plant endemic in Australia; - often distinguished from exotic.
The traditions of folklore . . . form a kind of endemic symbolism.
Endemic
An endemic disease.
Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimes rises into an epidemic.
Endemic
A disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
Endemic
A plant that is native to a certain limited area;
It is an endemic found only this island
Endemic
Of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality;
Diseases endemic to the tropics
Endemic malaria
Food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world
An epidemic outbreak of influenza
Endemic
Native to or confined to a certain region;
The islands have a number of interesting endemic species
Endemic
Originating where it is found;
The autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo
Autochthonous rocks and people and folktales
Endemic folkways
The Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan
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