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Exterior vs Foreign - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between exterior and foreign

is that exterior is relating to the outside parts or surface of something while foreign is located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

As nouns the difference between exterior and foreign

is that exterior is the outside part, parts or surface of something while foreign is foreigner.

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

    foreign

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
    • foreign''' markets''; '''''foreign soil
  • Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
    • foreign''' car''; '''''foreign''' word''; '''''foreign''' citizen''; '''''foreign trade
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-24, volume=408, issue=8850, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Guardian warriors and golden eggs , passage=Foreign' companies love to complain about doing business in China.
  • Relating to a different nation.
    • foreign''' policy''; '''''foreign navies
  • Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
    • foreign''' body''; '''''foreign''' substance''; '''''foreign''' gene''; '''''foreign species
  • Alien; strange.
    • It was completely foreign to their way of thinking.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Jonathan Swift)
    • This design is not foreign from some people's thoughts.
  • (label) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Shakespeare)
    • Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him, / That he ran mad and died.
  • From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
  • Belonging to a different organization, company etc.

    • Synonyms

    * (from a different country) overseas, international * (strange) alien, fremd * (in a place where it does not belong) extraneous

    Antonyms

    * (from a different country) domestic * (not characteristic) native * (native to an area) indigenous

    Derived terms

    {{der3, foreign body , foreign correspondent , foreign country , , foreign debt , foreign exchange , foreignize , foreignization , foreign key , foreignness , foreigner , foreign tongue , foreign policy , Foreign Office}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) foreigner
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=August 30 , author= , title=White House Extremely Worried About People Saying Dumb Stuff on 9/11 , work=Gawker citation , page= , passage=The messaging instructions come in two sets: one for domestics, another for the foreigns . }}

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