Inside vs Middle - What's the difference?
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The interior or inner or lesser part.
* (William Shakespeare)
* , chapter=4
, title= 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
* (Charles Dickens), (The Pickwick Papers)
Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.
Within or towards the interior of something, especially a building.
(colloquial) In prison.
Originating from or arranged by someone inside an organisation.
(baseball) A pitch that is toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
Nearer to the interior of a running track, horse racing course etc.
A centre, midpoint.
The part between the beginning and the end.
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, title= (cricket) The middle stump.
The central part of a human body.
(grammar) The middle voice.
Located in the middle; in between.
Central.
Pertaining to the middle voice.
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)- Looked he o' the inside of the paper?
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- So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides / The Derby dilly, carrying three insides .
- 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)- He placed the letter inside the envelope.
Adverb
(en adverb)- It started raining, so I went inside .
- He's inside , doing a stretch for burglary.
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
- The first pitch is ... just a bit inside .
- Because of the tighter bend, it's harder to run in an inside lane.
Synonyms
* indoorsAntonyms
* outsideDerived terms
* inside jobmiddle
English
Alternative forms
* myddle (obsolete)Noun
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Synonyms
* centre, center * midpoint * midstAdjective
(-)- the middle point
- middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages