Inward vs Middle - What's the difference?
inward | middle | Related terms |
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
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.
Inward is a related term of middle.
As adjectives the difference between inward and middle
is that inward is situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside while middle is located in the middle; in between.As nouns the difference between inward and middle
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 middle is a centre, midpoint.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
*middle
English
Alternative forms
* myddle (obsolete)Noun
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Synonyms
* centre, center * midpoint * midstAdjective
(-)- the middle point
- middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages