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Inside vs Aside - What's the difference?

inside | aside |

As nouns the difference between inside and aside

is that inside is the interior or inner or lesser part while aside is an incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.

As adverbs the difference between inside and aside

is that inside is within or towards the interior of something, especially a building while aside is to or on one side so as to be out of the way.

As a preposition inside

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

As an adjective inside

is originating from or arranged by someone inside an organisation.

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

    Related terms

    * insider

    Anagrams

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    aside

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
  • * Bible, 2 (w) iv. 4
    • Thou shalt set aside that which is full.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • But soft! but soft! aside : here comes the king.
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
    • The flames were blown aside .
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Here was my chance. I took the old man aside , and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.}}
  • *
  • *:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

    • Derived terms

    * aside from * put aside * set aside * step aside

    Postposition

    (head)
  • aside from
    • Joking aside .
    Unusual circumstances aside .
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 26 , author=Genevieve Koski , title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=But musical ancestry aside , the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).}}

    Derived terms

    * all kidding aside

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.
  • (theatre) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.

    • Anagrams

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