Nature vs. Scope: Know the Difference

The material world and its phenomena

The range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions

The forces and processes that produce and control these phenomena

The opportunity or possibility to function or be active

The world of living things and the outdoors

The extent of a given activity or subject that is involved, treated, or relevant

A primitive state of existence, untouched and uninfluenced by civilization or social constraints

The length or sweep of a mooring cable.

The basic character or qualities of humanity

(Linguistics) The range over a part of a sentence or discourse that a quantifier has an effect on.

The fundamental character or disposition of a person; temperament

A viewing instrument such as a periscope, microscope, or telescope.

The set of inherent characteristics or properties that distinguish something

To examine or investigate, especially visually

A kind or sort

To examine using an optical instrument such as a telescope or an endoscope

The processes and functions of the body, as in healing

The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.

Heredity

(weapons) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.

The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.

Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.

The particular way someone or something is, especially

(programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.

The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.

(logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.

The distinguishing characteristic of a person or thing, understood as its general class, sort, type, etc.

(linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.

Synonym of caliber: the class of a gun.

(slang) A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.

The vital functions or strength of someone or something, especially as requiring nourishment or careful maintenance or (medicine) as a force of regeneration without special treatment.

Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.

A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially

(obsolete) A bundle, as of twigs.

The need to urinate and defecate.

To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.

Sexual desire.

To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.

Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child.

To define the scope of something.

A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and (obsolete) feces.

(programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.

A part of the body's physical form, especially (obsolete) the female genitalia.

(informal) To examine under a microscope.

(obsolete) To endow with natural qualities.

To observe a bird using a spotting scope.

The existing system of things; the universe of matter, energy, time and space; the physical world; all of creation. Contrasted with the world of mankind, with its mental and social phenomena.

That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object.

The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; - often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence; as, produced by nature; the forces of nature.

Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action.

The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.

Extended area.

Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.

Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.

The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being.

To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usually with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.

Kind, sort; character; quality.

An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.

The state of the environment in which a situation exists;

Natural affection or reverence.

A magnifier of images of distant objects

Constitution or quality of mind or character.

Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities

To endow with natural qualities.

The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized;

A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe;

The natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.;

The complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions;

A particular type of thing;