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insane | inside |

As adjectives the difference between insane and inside

is that insane is exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted while inside is originating from or arranged by someone inside an organisation.

As a noun inside is

the interior or inner or lesser part.

As a preposition inside is

within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.

As an adverb inside is

within or towards the interior of something, especially a building.

insane

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted.
  • * '>citation
  • What is the cause of insanity?
    Nobody can answer such a sweeping question as that,
    but we know that certain diseases, such as syphilis, break
    down and destroy the brain cells and result in insanity. In
    fact, about one-half of all mental diseases can be attributed
    to such physical causes as brain lesions, alcohol, toxins,
    and injuries. But the other half—and this is the appalling
    part of the story—the other half of the people who go in-
    sane' apparently have nothing organically wrong with
    their brain cells. In post-mortem examinations, when their
    brain tissues are studied under the highest-powered micro-
    scopes, they are found to be apparently just as healthy as
    yours and mine.
    Why do these people go '
    insane
    ?
  • Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital.
  • Causing insanity or madness.
  • Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc.
  • * , chapter=16
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The preposterous altruism too!

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * sane

    Anagrams

    * ----

    inside

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The interior or inner or lesser part.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • Looked he o' the inside of the paper?
  • * , chapter=4
  • , title= 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.}}
  • The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
  • (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.
  • * The Anti-Jacobin
  • So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides / The Derby dilly, carrying three insides .
  • * (Charles Dickens), (The Pickwick Papers)
  • 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)
  • Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.
  • He placed the letter inside the envelope.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Within or towards the interior of something, especially a building.
  • It started raining, so I went inside .
  • (colloquial) In prison.
  • He's inside , doing a stretch for burglary.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Originating from or arranged by someone inside an organisation.
  • 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.
  • (baseball) A pitch that is toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
  • The first pitch is ... just a bit inside .
  • Nearer to the interior of a running track, horse racing course etc.
  • Because of the tighter bend, it's harder to run in an inside lane.

    Synonyms

    * indoors

    Antonyms

    * outside

    Derived terms

    * inside job