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Mainland vs Interior - What's the difference?

mainland | interior |

As nouns the difference between mainland and interior

is that mainland is the main landmass of a country or continent while interior is the inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.

As an adjective interior is

within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.

mainland

English

Noun

(wikipedia mainland) (en noun)
  • The main landmass of a country or continent
  • * 1719:
    • ...I got to the mainland , where, to my great comfort, I clambered up the cliffs of the shore and sat me down upon the grass, free from danger and quite out of the reach of the water.
  • * 2005 : comment
    • You may have not realised when I was using the term mainland Europe, I was excluding the British Isles.

    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)