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Countryside vs Inland - What's the difference?

countryside | inland |

As nouns the difference between countryside and inland

is that countryside is a rural landscape while inland is the interior part of a country. Shakespeare

As an adjective inland is

within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.

As an adverb inland is

into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook.

countryside

English

Noun

(rural)
  • (en noun) (typically used with the definite article)
  • A rural landscape.
  • A rural area, or the rural part of a larger area, as in "the Swedish countryside."

    • inland

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.
  • :* This wide inland sea. .
  • :* From inland regions to the distant main. .
  • Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.
  • Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign; as, an inland bill of exchange.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The interior part of a country. Shakespeare

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook .
  • :* The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east. .