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Inside vs Middle - What's the difference?

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Inside is a related term of middle.


As nouns the difference between inside and middle

is that inside is the interior or inner or lesser part while middle is a centre, midpoint.

As adjectives the difference between inside and middle

is that inside is originating from or arranged by someone inside an organisation while middle is located in the middle; in between.

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.

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

    middle

    English

    Alternative forms

    * myddle (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A centre, midpoint.
  • The part between the beginning and the end.
  • *
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  • (cricket) The middle stump.
  • The central part of a human body.
  • (grammar) The middle voice.
  • Synonyms

    * centre, center * midpoint * midst

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Located in the middle; in between.
  • the middle point
    middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages
  • Central.
  • Pertaining to the middle voice.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * middle age * middle-aged * Middle Ages * middle child * middle class * Middle East * middleman * middle management * middle passage * middle path * middleware * middle way