What is the difference between in and inside?
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# Part of; a member of.
# Pertaining to (that particular thing).
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(obsolete) To enclose; to take in; to harvest.
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(lb) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
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Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
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(lb) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
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(lb) Abbreviation of in aid of.
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After the beginning of something.
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(sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
In fashion; popular.
Incoming.
(nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
(legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
The interior or inner or lesser part.
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(colloquial) (in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
(dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
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Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.
Within or towards the interior of something, especially a building.
(colloquial) In prison.
Originating from or arranged by someone inside an organisation.
(baseball) A pitch that is toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
Nearer to the interior of a running track, horse racing course etc.
Inside is a related term of in.
As prepositions the difference between in and inside
is that in is contained by while inside is within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.As adverbs the difference between in and inside
is that in is {{context|not comparable|lang=en}} located indoors, especially: at home or the office while inside is within or towards the interior of something, especially a building.As nouns the difference between in and inside
is that in is a position of power or a way to get it or in can be inch while inside is the interior or inner part.As adjectives the difference between in and inside
is that in is in fashion; popular while inside is originating from or arranged by someone inside an organisation.As a verb in
is {{context|obsolete|transitive|lang=en}} to enclose; to take in; to harvest.in
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Preposition
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- In returning to the vault, I had no very sure purpose in mind; only a vague surmise that this finding of Blackbeard's coffin would somehow lead to the finding of his treasure.
- Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
- tourists sometimes attempt to pay in euros or British pounds.
Verb
- He that ears my land spares my team and gives me leave to in the crop.
Etymology 2
(etyl) inneAdverb
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Noun
(en noun)- His parents got him an in with the company
Antonyms
* outAdjective
(en adjective)- Skirts are in this year.
- the in train''
- in''' by descent; '''in''' by purchase; '''in of the seisin of her husband
- (Burrill)
Etymology 3
Statistics
*References
* Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Bounded landmarks", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition , Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8inside
English
Noun
(en noun)- Looked he o' the inside of the paper?
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.}}
- So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides / The Derby dilly, carrying three insides .
- So, what between Mr. Dowler's stories, and Mrs. Dowler's charms, and Mr. Pickwick's good humour, and Mr. Winkle's good listening, the insides contrived to be very companionable all the way.
Preposition
(English prepositions)- He placed the letter inside the envelope.
Adverb
(en adverb)- It started raining, so I went inside .
- He's inside , doing a stretch for burglary.
Adjective
(en adjective)- The reporter had received inside information about the forthcoming takeover.
- The robbery was planned by the security guard: it was an inside job.
- They wanted to know the inside story behind the celebrity's fall from grace.
- The first pitch is ... just a bit inside .
- Because of the tighter bend, it's harder to run in an inside lane.
