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Exterior vs Exotic - What's the difference?

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Exterior is a synonym of exotic.


As adjectives the difference between exterior and exotic

is that exterior is relating to the outside parts or surface of something while exotic is exotic.

As a noun exterior

is the outside part, parts or surface of something.

exterior

English

Alternative forms

* exteriour (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.
    • the exterior part of a sphere
  • * Shakespeare
    • Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man / Resemble that it was.
  • Being from outside a country; foreign.
    • the exterior relations of a state or kingdom
  • Outdoors.

    • Antonyms

    * interior

    Related terms

    * exteriorize, exteriorise

    See also

    * external

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The outside part, parts or surface of something.
    • The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package
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  • Foreign lands.
    • She is our new minister of the exterior

    Antonyms

    * interior

    exotic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
  • * (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
    • Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=“Two or three months more went by?; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
  • Non-native to the ecosystem.
  • Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.

    • Related terms

    * exotica

    Derived terms

    * exotically * exoticness * exotic atom * exotic baryon * exotic cheroot * exotic dancer * exotic sphere

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.
  • An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
  • (physics) Any exotic particle.
    • Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics .

    Derived terms

    * invasive exotic

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