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Extern vs Resident - What's the difference?

extern | resident |

As nouns the difference between extern and resident

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

As an adjective extern

is (obsolete|rare) external; outward; not inherent.

As a verb resident is

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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 ----

    resident

    English

    (wikipedia resident)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Person]], animal or plant [[live, living at a location or in an area.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
  • A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
  • A graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty.
  • A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.

    • Derived terms

    * permanent resident

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
    • resident in the city or in the country
  • Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
    • He is our resident computer expert.
  • (obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • stable and resident like a rock
  • * Davenant
    • one there still resident as day and night

    Related terms

    * reside * residence * residency * residential

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