basic vs built-in

basic

adj
  • Necessary, essential for life or some process. 

  • Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional. 

  • Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7. 

  • Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool. 

noun
  • An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge. 

  • A necessary commodity, a staple requirement. 

  • Basic training. 

built-in

adj
  • Being an essential and permanent part of something. 

  • Being an included feature that normally comes as an extra. 

  • Constructed as a non-detachable part of a larger structure. 

noun
  • Anything (such as a piece of furniture, or a software feature) that is built in, not added as an extra. 

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