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Anterior vs Interior - What's the difference?

anterior | interior |

As adjectives the difference between anterior and interior

is that anterior is before in place while interior is within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.

As a noun interior is

the inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.

anterior

English

Alternative forms

* anteriour (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Before in place.
  • Before or earlier in time; prior to; preceding.
  • (anatomy) Nearer the forward end; nearer the head of an animal or the front of a human.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * (before in place) posterior * (anatomy) posterior

    Derived Terms

    * anteriorly

    Coordinate terms

    * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    interior

    English

    Alternative forms

    * interiour (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.
    • the interior''' apartments of a house; the '''interior surface of a hollow ball
  • Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.
    • the interior parts of a region or country

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * interior decoration * interior design * interior designer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.
  • The inside regions of a country, distanced from the borders or coasts.
    • ''Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior .
  • (mathematics, topology) The set of all interior points of a set.

    • Antonyms

    * (l)