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Inland vs Inward - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between inland and inward

is that inland is within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town while inward is situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside.

As nouns the difference between inland and inward

is that inland is the interior part of a country. Shakespeareinward is that which is inward or within; the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.

As adverbs the difference between inland and inward

is that inland is into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook while inward is towards the inside.

inland

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.
  • :* This wide inland sea. .
  • :* From inland regions to the distant main. .
  • Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.
  • Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign; as, an inland bill of exchange.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The interior part of a country. Shakespeare

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook .
  • :* The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east. .

    • inward

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside.
  • (obsolete) Intimate, closely acquainted; familiar.
  • *, II.3:
  • *:There is nothing can be added unto the daintinesse of Fulvius'' wives death, who was so inward with ''Augustus .
  • * Bible, Job xix. 19
    • All my inward friends abhorred me.
  • * Sir Philip Sidney
    • He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to know in part the discourse of his life.

    Derived terms

    * inwards * inwardly * inwardness

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Towards the inside.
    • So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine inward . — Milton.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, chiefly, in the plural) That which is inward or within; the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.
    • (Jeremy Taylor)
  • * Milton
    • Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat.
  • (obsolete, chiefly, in the plural) The mental faculties.
  • (obsolete) A familiar friend or acquaintance.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I was an inward of his.
    (Webster 1913)

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