Inward vs Inspiral - What's the difference?
inward | inspiral |
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
(astronomy) Describing the paths of a pair of binary stars that are losing energy, and spiralling in towards each other
As adjectives the difference between inward and inspiral
is that inward is situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside while inspiral is describing the paths of a pair of binary stars that are losing energy, and spiralling in towards each other.As nouns the difference between inward and inspiral
is that inward is that which is inward or within; the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera while inspiral is the path of such a body.As an adverb inward
is towards the inside.As a verb inspiral is
to spiral inward.inward
English
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.
