Artificial vs Anthropogenic - What's the difference?
artificial | anthropogenic |
Man-made; of artifice.
* {{quote-magazine, title=A better waterworks, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
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False, misleading.
Unnatural.
pertaining to the origin of man, or anthropogeny
* 1952' ''The cosmogonic and '''anthropogenic myths are of secondary importance in Yahwistic religiosity.'' (H. H. Gerth & D. A. Martindale (trans.), ''M. Weber's Ancient Judaism ix. 227)
having its origin in the influence of human activity on nature.
* Wastewater is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence.
As adjectives the difference between artificial and anthropogenic
is that artificial is man-made; of artifice while anthropogenic is pertaining to the origin of man, or anthropogeny.artificial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.}}