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What is the difference between interior and internal?

interior | internal | Synonyms |

Internal is a synonym of interior.



As adjectives the difference between interior and internal

is that interior is within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner while internal is inside of something.

As a noun interior

is the inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.

interior

English

Alternative forms

* interiour (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.
  • the interior''' apartments of a house; the '''interior surface of a hollow ball
  • Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.
  • the interior parts of a region or country

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * interior decoration * interior design * interior designer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.
  • The inside regions of a country, distanced from the borders or coasts.
  • ''Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior .
  • (mathematics, topology) The set of all interior points of a set.
  • Antonyms

    * (l)

    internal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • inside of something
  • We saw the internal compartments
  • within the body
  • Her bleeding was internal
  • concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.
  • The nation suffered from internal conflicts
  • concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
  • An internal investigation was conducted

    Synonyms

    * inner * inly * interior * intern, interne

    Antonyms

    * external * exterior

    Derived terms

    * internalism * internalist * internality * internalize * internally * internal link