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Excern vs Extern - What's the difference?

excern | extern |

As a verb excern

is excrete; give off.

As a noun extern is

a person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate.

As an adjective extern is

external; outward; not inherent.

excern

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (archaic) excrete; give off

    • extern

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate.
  • Outward form or part; exterior.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete, rare) External; outward; not inherent.
    • "Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty,/ But seeming so, for my particular end,/For when my outward action doth demonstrate/The native act and figure of my heart/In complement extern, 'tis not long after/But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve/For daws to peck at." (Othello, Act 1, Scene 1)

    References

    * * William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice, Penguin Books, 2001 ----