User blog comment:Johnnybravo44/Comicvine makes me laugh/@comment-3117448-20101125103656/@comment-3117448-20101208043020

alright, i figured it out (thanks to an FF issue from "days of future present")...

in the marvel universe, those that have been mutated by outside means (cosmic rays, radioactive spider, toxic waste, inter-dimensional funhouse mirror, etc.) are considered "mutates". those that have powers given to them by the genetic "x-factor" that they were born with, are "mutants".

to those that already knew: kudos. to the rest of us: i hope this helps a little.