Internalize vs Inward - What's the difference?
internalize | inward |
To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
(computing) To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance. Often abbreviated to intern .
Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside.
(obsolete) Intimate, closely acquainted; familiar.
*, II.3:
*:There is nothing can be added unto the daintinesse of Fulvius'' wives death, who was so inward with ''Augustus .
* Bible, Job xix. 19
* Sir Philip Sidney
Towards the inside.
(obsolete, chiefly, in the plural) That which is inward or within; the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.
* Milton
(obsolete, chiefly, in the plural) The mental faculties.
(obsolete) A familiar friend or acquaintance.
* Shakespeare
As a verb internalize
is to make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.As an adjective inward is
situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside.As an adverb inward is
towards the inside.As a noun inward is
(obsolete|chiefly|in the plural) that which is inward or within; the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.internalize
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Alternative forms
* internalise (UK)Verb
(en-verb)inward
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Adjective
(en adjective)- All my inward friends abhorred me.
- He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to know in part the discourse of his life.
Derived terms
* inwards * inwardly * inwardnessAdverb
(en adverb)- So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine inward . — Milton.
Noun
(en noun)- (Jeremy Taylor)
- Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat.
- I was an inward of his.