Implicit vs. Intrinsic

Implicitadjective

Implied indirectly, without being directly expressed

Intrinsicadjective

Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.

‘the intrinsic value of gold or silver’; ‘the intrinsic merit of an action’;

Implicitadjective

Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown

Intrinsicadjective

Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.

Implicitadjective

Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.

Intrinsicnoun

A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.

Implicitadjective

(obsolete) entangled, twisted together.

Intrinsicnoun

(video games) An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.

‘You can acquire the fire-resistance intrinsic by eating dragon meat.’;

Implicitadjective

Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved.

‘In his woolly fleeceI cling implicit.’;

Intrinsicadjective

Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; - opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person.

‘He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement.’;

Implicitadjective

Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit contract or agreement.

Intrinsicadjective

Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; - opposed to extrinsic.

Implicitadjective

Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit obedience.

‘Back again to implicit faith I fall.’;

Intrinsicnoun

A genuine quality.

Implicitadjective

implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something;

‘an implicit agreement not to raise the subject’; ‘there was implicit criticism in his voice’; ‘anger was implicit in the argument’; ‘the oak is implicit in the acorn’;

Intrinsicadjective

belonging to a thing by its very nature;

‘form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing’;

Implicitadjective

being without doubt or reserve;

‘implicit trust’;

Intrinsicadjective

situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts;

‘intrinsic muscles’;

Implicitadjective

suggested though not directly expressed

‘comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies’;

Implicitadjective

always to be found in; essentially connected with

‘the values implicit in the school ethos’;

Implicitadjective

with no qualification or question; absolute

‘an implicit faith in God’;

Implicitadjective

(of a function) not expressed directly in terms of independent variables.