Neutral vs. Natural — What's the Difference?

Not aligned with, supporting, or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest.

Present in or produced by nature

Belonging to neither side in a controversy

Of, relating to, or concerning nature

Belonging to neither kind; not one thing or the other.

Conforming to the usual or ordinary course of nature

Sexless; neuter.

Not acquired; inherent

Of or relating to a solution or compound that is neither acidic nor alkaline.

Having a particular character by nature

Of or relating to a compound that does not ionize in solution.

(Biology) Not produced or changed artificially; not conditioned

Of or relating to a particle, an object, or a system that has neither positive nor negative electric charge.

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

Of or relating to a particle, object, or system that has a net electric charge of zero.

Not altered, treated, or disguised

Of or indicating a color, such as gray, black, or white, that lacks hue; achromatic.

Faithfully representing nature or life.

(Linguistics) Pronounced with the tongue in a middle position, neither high nor low, as the a in around.

Expected and accepted

A nation nonaligned with either side in a war.

Established by moral certainty or conviction

A citizen of such a nation.

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

One who takes no side in a controversy

Related genetically

A neutral hue.

Born to parents who have never been married to each other

A position in which a set of gears is disengaged so that power cannot be transmitted.

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

A member of a confederacy of Iroquoian-speaking Native American peoples formerly inhabiting the northern shore of Lake Erie. The Neutral were destroyed by the Iroquois in the mid-1600s.

Not sharped or flatted.

(politics) Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.

Having no sharps or flats.

Favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased.

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

Neither positive nor negative.

One having all the qualifications necessary for success

Neither beneficial nor harmful.

One suited by nature for a certain purpose or function

(biology) Having no sex; neuter.

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

Having no obvious colour; gray

A note so affected.

(physics) Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.

A yellowish gray to pale orange yellow.

(chemistry) Having a pH of or near 7, neither acidic nor alkaline.

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

A nonaligned state, or a member of such a state.

Existing in nature.

A person who takes no side in a dispute.

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

An individual or entity serving as an arbitrator or adjudicator.

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

A neutral hue.

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

The position of a set of gears in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism.

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

An electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground.

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

Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.

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

Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not decided or pronounced.

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

Having neither acid nor basic properties; unable to turn red litmus blue or blue litmus red; - said of certain salts or other compounds. Contrasted with acid, and alkaline.

(music) Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.

A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who is neutral.

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

One who does not side with any party in a war or dispute

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

Neither moral nor immoral; neither good nor evil, right nor wrong

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

Having no personal preference;

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

Having only a limited ability to react chemically; not active;

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

Not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest

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

Having a positive electric charge;

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

Lacking hue;

Pertaining to birth or descent; native.

Characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.;

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

Lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics;

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;