Genuine vs. Spontaneous — What's the Difference?

Actually possessing the alleged or apparent attribute or character

Happening or arising without apparent external cause; self-generated

Not spurious or counterfeit; authentic

Arising from a natural inclination or impulse and not from forethought or prompting

Honestly felt or experienced

Unconstrained and unstudied in manner or behavior

Actual; real

Growing without cultivation or human labor

Free from hypocrisy or dishonesty; sincere

Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.

Being of pure or original stock

Done by one's own free choice, or without planning.

Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native

Proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint.

Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated

Arising from a momentary impulse.

Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native;

Controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things.

Not fake or counterfeit;

Produced without being planted or without human cultivation or labor.

Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed;

Sudden, without warning.

Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;

Proceeding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proposition.

Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth.

Produced without being planted, or without human labor; as, a spontaneous growth of wood.

Happening or arising without apparent external cause;

Said or done without having been planned or written in advance;

Produced without being planted or without human labor;