Native vs. Fluent — What's the Difference?

Being such by birth or origin

Able to express oneself easily and articulately

Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.

Smoothly graceful and effortless

Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants

Able to flow freely; fluid

Being one's own because of the place or circumstances of one's birth

Able to express oneself readily and effortlessly

Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region; indigenous

Flowing effortlessly; polished

Occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other substances

Flowing or moving smoothly; graceful

Existing in or belonging to one by nature; innate

Flowing or capable of flowing; fluid.

Natural, unaltered, or unadorned

That flows; flowing, liquid.

(Biochemistry) Of or relating to the naturally occurring conformation of a macromolecule, such as a protein.

(linguistics) Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.

(Archaic) Closely related, as by birth or race.

A continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions.

One born in or connected with a place by birth

Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

One of the original inhabitants or lifelong residents of a place.

Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; - said of language; as, fluent speech.

An animal or plant that originated in a particular place or region.

A current of water; a stream.

Belonging to one by birth.

A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; - called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.

Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.

Easy and graceful in shape;

Alternative case form of Native.

Smooth and unconstrained in movement;

Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.

Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively;

Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.

Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.

(mineralogy) Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.

Arising by birth; having an origin; born.

Original; constituting the original substance of anything.

Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).

A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.

(in particular) A person of aboriginal descent, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. Native.

A native speaker.

Ostrea edulis, a kind of oyster.

Arising by birth; having an origin; born.

Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; - opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc.

Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous with domestic.

Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.

Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc. Having the same meaning as congenital, but typically used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be used for negative qualities. See also congenital

Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).

Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver, copper, gold.

One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France; the natives are restless.

Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.

A person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person

Being such by origin;

Belonging to one by birth;

Being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning;

As found in nature in the elemental form;

Normally existing at birth;