Natural vs. Supernatural — What's the Difference?

Present in or produced by nature

The supernatural encompasses supposed phenomena or entities that are not subject to the laws of nature. It is derived from Medieval Latin supernaturalis, from Latin super- (above, beyond, or outside of) + natura (nature ).

Of, relating to, or concerning nature

(of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature

Conforming to the usual or ordinary course of nature

Manifestations or events considered to be of supernatural origin, such as ghosts

Not acquired; inherent

Of or relating to existence outside the natural world.

Having a particular character by nature

Attributed to a power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces.

(Biology) Not produced or changed artificially; not conditioned

Of or relating to a deity.

Characterized by spontaneity and freedom from artificiality, affectation, or inhibitions.

Of or relating to the immediate exercise of divine power; miraculous.

Not altered, treated, or disguised

Of or relating to the miraculous.

Faithfully representing nature or life.

That which is supernatural.

Expected and accepted

Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that which humans are born with.

Established by moral certainty or conviction

Not of the usual; not natural; altered by forces that are not understood fully if at all.

Being in a state regarded as primitive, uncivilized, or unregenerate.

(countable) A supernatural being

Related genetically

(uncountable) Supernatural beings and events collectively when used with definite article: "the supernatural"

Born to parents who have never been married to each other

Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.

(Mathematics) Of or relating to positive integers, sometimes including zero.

Supernatural forces and events and beings collectively;

Not sharped or flatted.

Not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material;

Having no sharps or flats.

Relating to hair that is allowed to remain in an unaltered state

One having all the qualifications necessary for success

One suited by nature for a certain purpose or function

The sign (♮) placed before a note to cancel a preceding sharp or flat.

A note so affected.

A yellowish gray to pale orange yellow.

(Games) A combination in certain card and dice games that wins immediately.

Existing in nature.

Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.

Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature.

As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances.

Formed by nature; not manufactured or created by artificial processes.

Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc.

Having an innate ability to fill a given role or profession, or display a specified character.

(maths) Designating a standard trigonometric function of an angle, as opposed to the logarithmic function.

(music) Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.

Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives.

Pertaining to a decoration that preserves or enhances the appearance of the original material; not stained or artificially coloured.

Pertaining to a fabric still in its undyed state, or to the colour of undyed fabric.

(dice) Pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result.

(bodybuilding) Not having used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.

(bridge) Bidding in an intuitive way that reflects one's actual hand.

(algebra) Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.

Pertaining to birth or descent; native.

Having a given status (especially of authority) by virtue of birth.

Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate.

Related by birth; genetically related.

A native inhabitant of a place, country etc.

(music) A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.

(music) The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.

One with an innate talent at or for something.

An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.

(archaic) One with a simple mind; a fool or idiot.

One's life.

A hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.

A breast which has not been modified.

Someone who has not used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.

(craps) A roll of two dice with a score of 7 or 11 on the comeout roll.

Naturally; in a natural manner.

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characteristic; innate; not artificial, foreign, assumed, put on, or acquired; as, the natural growth of animals or plants; the natural motion of a gravitating body; natural strength or disposition; the natural heat of the body; natural color.

Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature; consonant to the methods of nature; according to the stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural consequence of crime; a natural death; anger is a natural response to insult.

Having to do with existing system to things; dealing with, or derived from, the creation, or the world of matter and mind, as known by man; within the scope of human reason or experience; not supernatural; as, a natural law; natural science; history, theology.

Conformed to truth or reality

Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in feelings.

Connected by the ties of consanguinity.

Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child.

Of or pertaining to the lower or animal nature, as contrasted with the higher or moral powers, or that which is spiritual; being in a state of nature; unregenerate.

Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, in which the base is 1; - said of certain functions or numbers; as, natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc., those taken in arcs whose radii are 1.

Produced by natural organs, as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music.

Existing in nature or created by the forces of nature, in contrast to production by man; not made, manufactured, or processed by humans; as, a natural ruby; a natural bridge; natural fibers; a deposit of natural calcium sulfate. Opposed to artificial, man-made, manufactured, processed and synthetic.

Not processed or refined; in the same statre as that existing in nature; as, natural wood; natural foods.

A native; an aboriginal.

Natural gifts, impulses, etc.

One born without the usual powers of reason or understanding; an idiot.

A character [

A person who has an innate talent that makes success in some specific endeavor, such as sports, much easier than for others; as, Pele was a natural in soccer.

Someone regarded as certain to succeed;

A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

(craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake

In accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature;

Existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation;

Existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical;

Functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies;

Of a key containing no sharps or flats;

Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct;

(used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition;

Related by blood; not adopted;

Being talented through inherited qualities;

Unaffected and natural looking;