Entity vs. Nature — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Entity and Nature
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Entity
A thing with distinct and independent existence
Church and empire were fused in a single entity
Nature
Nature, in the broadest sense, is the natural, physical, material world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general.
Entity
Something that exists as a particular and discrete unit
Persons and corporations are equivalent entities under the law.
Nature
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
The breathtaking beauty of nature
Entity
The fact of existence; being.
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Nature
The basic or inherent features, character, or qualities of something
Helping them to realize the nature of their problems
There are a lot of other documents of that nature
Entity
The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
Nature
The material world and its phenomena
Scientists analyzing nature.
Entity
That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.
Nature
The forces and processes that produce and control these phenomena
The balance of nature.
Entity
The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
Nature
The world of living things and the outdoors
Spent the day enjoying nature.
Entity
(databases) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, an organised array or set of individual elements or parts.
Nature
A primitive state of existence, untouched and uninfluenced by civilization or social constraints
When people lived in a state of nature.
Entity
The state or quality of being or existence.
The group successfully maintains its tribal entity.
Nature
The basic character or qualities of humanity
It is only human nature to worry about the future.
Entity
A spirit, ghost, or the like.
Nature
The fundamental character or disposition of a person; temperament
A man of an irascible nature.
Entity
(science fiction) An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.
Nature
The set of inherent characteristics or properties that distinguish something
Trying to determine the nature of a newly discovered phenomenon.
Entity
A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.
Self-subsisting entities, such as our own personality.
Fortune is no real entity, . . . but a mere relative signification.
Nature
A kind or sort
Confidences of a personal nature.
Entity
That which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
Nature
The processes and functions of the body, as in healing
The doctor decided not to do anything and let nature take its course.
Nature
Heredity
Behavior more influenced by nature than nurture.
Nature
The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.
Nature doesn't lie.
The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics.
Tectonic activity is part of nature, so there's no way to stop earthquakes.
Nature
The particular way someone or something is, especially
Nature
The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.
It's not in my nature to steal.
You can't help feeling that way. It's human nature.
Power corrupts. That's just the nature of the beast.
Nature
The distinguishing characteristic of a person or thing, understood as its general class, sort, type, etc.
What was the nature of your relationship with the deceased?
The best medium might be petroleum, liquified gas, or something of that nature.
Nature
Synonym of caliber: the class of a gun.
Nature
The vital functions or strength of someone or something, especially as requiring nourishment or careful maintenance or (medicine) as a force of regeneration without special treatment.
Nature
A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially
Nature
The need to urinate and defecate.
I hear the call of nature.
Nature
Sexual desire.
Nature
Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child.
Nature
A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and (obsolete) feces.
Nature
A part of the body's physical form, especially (obsolete) the female genitalia.
Nature
(obsolete) To endow with natural qualities.
Nature
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.
But looks through nature up to nature's God.
When, in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bonds which have connected them with another, ans to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal Station which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to the Separation.
Nature has caprices which art can not imitate.
Nature
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.
I oft admireHow Nature, wise and frugal, could commitSuch disproportions.
Nature
The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.
Nature
Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
Nature
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.
Thou, therefore, whom thou only canst redeem,Their nature also to thy nature join,And be thyself man among men on earth.
Nature
Kind, sort; character; quality.
A dispute of this nature caused mischief.
Nature
Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.
Oppressed nature sleeps.
Nature
Natural affection or reverence.
Have we not seenThe murdering son ascend his parent's bed,Through violated nature force his way?
Nature
Constitution or quality of mind or character.
A born devil, on whose natureNurture can never stick.
That reverence which is due to a superior nature.
Nature
To endow with natural qualities.
He [God] which natureth every kind.
Nature
The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized;
It is the nature of fire to burn
The true nature of jealousy
Nature
A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe;
The laws of nature
Nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women
Nature
The natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.;
They tried to preserve nature as they found it
Nature
The complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions;
It is his nature to help others
Nature
A particular type of thing;
Problems of this type are very difficult to solve
He's interested in trains and things of that nature
Matters of a personal nature
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