exogenic vs spontaneous

exogenic

adj
  • Existing or arising outside of a system. 

  • Relating to the exogen growth phase. 

  • Originating on or above the surface of the earth; exogenetic. 

spontaneous

adj
  • Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause. 

  • Sudden, without warning. 

  • Controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things. 

  • Random. 

  • Done by one's own free choice, or without planning. 

  • Produced without being planted or without human cultivation or labor. 

  • Arising from a momentary impulse. 

  • Proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint. 

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