Difference between Adventitious and Extrinsic

What is the difference between Adventitious and Extrinsic?

Adventitious as an adjective is from an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign. while Extrinsic as an adjective is external, separable from the thing itself, inessential

Adventitious

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign. Accidental, additional, appearing casually. Not congenital; acquired. Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.

Extrinsic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: external, separable from the thing itself, inessentialnot belonging to, outside of

We hope you now know whether to use Adventitious or Extrinsic in your sentence.

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