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Inside vs Inwardness - What's the difference?

inside | inwardness |

As nouns the difference between inside and inwardness

is that inside is the interior or inner or lesser part while inwardness is the characteristic of being inward; directed towards the inside.

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.

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
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  • 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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    inwardness

    English

    Noun

  • The characteristic of being inward; directed towards the inside.
  • (obsolete) Internal or true state; essential nature.
    • the inwardness of conduct
    Sense can not arrive to the inwardness of things. — Dr. H. More.
  • (obsolete) intimacy; familiarity
  • * 1599 ,
  • *:BENEDICK. Signior Leonato, let the friar advise you:
  • *:And though you know my inwardness and love
  • *:Is very much unto the prince and Claudio,
  • *:Yet, by mine honour, I will deal in this
  • *:As secretly and justly as your soul
  • *:Should with your body.
  • (obsolete) heartiness; earnestness
    • What was wanted was more inwardness , more feeling. — M. Arnold.