Inward vs Interior - What's the difference?
inward | interior |
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
Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.
Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.
The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.
The inside regions of a country, distanced from the borders or coasts.
(mathematics, topology) The set of all interior points of a set.
As adjectives the difference between inward and interior
is that inward is situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside while interior is within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.As nouns the difference between inward and interior
is that inward is (obsolete|chiefly|in the plural) that which is inward or within; the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera while interior is the inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.As an adverb inward
is towards the inside.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.
Anagrams
*interior
English
Alternative forms
* interiour (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- the interior''' apartments of a house; the '''interior surface of a hollow ball
- the interior parts of a region or country
Antonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* interior decoration * interior design * interior designerNoun
(en noun)- ''Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior .