List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 150

SYNONYMS: extrinsic, extraneous, foreign, alien.
These adjectives mean not part of the essential nature of a thing.

Extrinsic applies to what is either outside of a thing or derived from something external to it: How is it possible to write about Frank Sinatra in a manner that suggests his music is in some way extrinsic to him?
What is extraneous comes from without and is unessential or irrelevant: an issue extraneous to the debate.
Something foreign is markedly different from and incompatible with the thing in question: Jealousy is foreign to his nature.
What is alien is irreconcilably different: an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism.