Mature vs. Nature — What's the Difference?

Having reached full natural growth or development

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.

Having reached a desired or final condition; ripe

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

Having or showing characteristics, such as patience and prudence, considered typical of well-balanced adulthood

The basic or inherent features, character, or qualities of something

Suitable or intended for adults

The material world and its phenomena

Composed of adults

The forces and processes that produce and control these phenomena

Worked out fully by the mind; considered

The world of living things and the outdoors

Having reached the limit of its time; due

A primitive state of existence, untouched and uninfluenced by civilization or social constraints

No longer subject to great expansion or development. Used of an industry, market, or product.

The basic character or qualities of humanity

(Geology) Having reached maximum development of form. Used of streams and landforms.

The fundamental character or disposition of a person; temperament

To bring to full development; ripen.

The set of inherent characteristics or properties that distinguish something

To work out fully in the mind

A kind or sort

To evolve toward or reach full development

The processes and functions of the body, as in healing

To become due. Used of notes and bonds.

Heredity

Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.

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.

Brought to a state of complete readiness.

The particular way someone or something is, especially

Profound; careful.

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.

Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.

The distinguishing characteristic of a person or thing, understood as its general class, sort, type, etc.

Suitable for adults only, due to sexual themes, violence, etc.

Synonym of caliber: the class of a gun.

(intransitive) To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).

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.

To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.

A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially

(transitive) To bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion.

The need to urinate and defecate.

(transitive) To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.

Sexual desire.

To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.

Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child.

(transitive) To make (someone) mature.

A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and (obsolete) feces.

To reach the date when payment is due.

A part of the body's physical form, especially (obsolete) the female genitalia.

Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.

(obsolete) To endow with natural qualities.

Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan.

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.

Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.

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.

Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.

The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.

To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.

Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.

To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.

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.

Hence, to become due, as a note.

Kind, sort; character; quality.

Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation;

Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.

Develop and work out fully in one's mind;

Natural affection or reverence.

Become due for repayment;

Constitution or quality of mind or character.

Cause to ripen or develop fully;

To endow with natural qualities.

Grow old or older;

The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized;

Cause to ripen and discharge pus;

A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe;

Characteristic of maturity;

The natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.;

Fully considered and perfected;

The complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions;

Having reached full natural growth or development;

A particular type of thing;

Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;

(of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination