Organicness vs. Organic — What's the Difference?

The quality of being organic.

Relating to or derived from living matter

(of food or farming methods) produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial chemicals

Relating to a bodily organ or organs.

Denoting or characterized by a harmonious relationship between the elements of a whole

A food produced by organic farming.

An organic chemical compound.

Of, relating to, or derived from living organisms

Of, relating to, or affecting a bodily organ

Of, marked by, or involving the use of fertilizers or pesticides that are strictly of animal or vegetable origin

Raised or conducted without the use of drugs, hormones, or synthetic chemicals

Serving organic food

Simple, healthful, and close to nature

Having properties associated with living organisms.

Resembling a living organism in organization or development; interconnected

Constituting an integral part of a whole; fundamental.

(Law) Denoting or relating to the fundamental or constitutional laws and precepts of a government or an organization.

(Chemistry) Of or designating carbon compounds.

An organic food or a product made from organic materials.

A substance, especially a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.

(Chemistry) An organic compound.

(biology) Pertaining to or derived from living organisms.

Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.

(chemistry) Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.

(agriculture) Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.

(sociology) Describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdependencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).

(military) Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).

Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.

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Developing in a gradual or natural fashion.

Harmonious; coherent; structured.

(chemistry) An organic compound.

An organic food.

(science fiction) A living organism, as opposed to a robot or hologram.

Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. Inorganic.

Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure.

Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.

Forming a whole composed of organs.

Of or pertaining to compounds which are derivatives of hydrocarbons; pertaining to, or denoting, any one of a large series of carbon-containing compounds which are related to the carbon compounds produced by biological processes (such as methane, oils, fats, sugars, alcohols, ethers, proteins, etc.) and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants; - contrasted with inorganic.

A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter

Relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis;

Of or relating to or derived from living organisms;

Being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms;

Involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs;

Of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones;

Simple and healthful and close to nature;

Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)