native vs being

being vs native

native and being both are nouns.

native is an adjective but being is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
native	Yes	Yes	No	No
being	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, being is a hypernym of native; that is, being is a word with a broader meaning than native:

native: indigenous plants and animals
being: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

Other hypernyms of native include organism.

native (noun)	being (noun)
indigenous plants and animals	a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place	the state or fact of existing
a person born in a particular place or country

native (adjective)	being (adjective)
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
belonging to one by birth
as found in nature in the elemental form

Difference between native and being

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