What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

External vs Untrust - What's the difference?

external | untrust |

As adjectives the difference between external and untrust

is that external is outside of something; on the exterior while untrust is (lb) faithless; distrustful.

As a noun untrust is

lack or absence of trust; mistrust; distrust.

external

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Outside of something; on the exterior.
  • This building has some external pipework.
  • * Milton
  • Of all external things, / She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Her virtues graced with external gifts.
  • Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
  • * Trench
  • The external circumstances are greatly different.
  • Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations.
  • external''' trade or commerce; the '''external relations of a state or kingdom
  • (anatomy) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
  • Antonyms

    * internal

    untrust

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), probably a modified form of (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • Lack or absence of trust; mistrust; distrust.
  • *2006 , Matthias Klusch, Michael Rovatsos, Terry R. Payne, Cooperative Information Agents X :
  • Alternatively, untrust corresponds to the space between distrust and trust, in which an agent is positively trusted, but not sufficiently to cooperate with.
  • *2009 , Kai Rannenberg, Denis Royer, AndrĂ© Deuker, The Future of Identity in the Information Society :
  • The absence of trust is sometimes called untrust' (Marsh and Dibben, 2005). As most of the trust literature focuses on the positive aspect of trust, it is restricted to the simple dichotomy between trust and ' untrust .
    (Chaucer)
  • An external port.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), probably from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (lb) Faithless; distrustful.
  • (Webster 1913)