What is the difference between outer and inner?
outer | inner | Antonyms |
Outside; external.
Farther from the centre of the inside.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=14 An outer part.
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The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bullseye.
A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
(wholesale trade) the smallest single unit normally sold to retailers, usually equal to one retail display box.
Someone who admits to something publicly.
Someone who outs another.
One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
An ouster; dispossession.
Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.
*{{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 20, author=Nathan Rabin, work=The Onion AV Club
, title= Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure, ; innermost or essential, needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.
Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=2 An inner part.
A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
(cricket) A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.
Inner is a antonym of outer.
As adjectives the difference between outer and inner
is that outer is outside; external while inner is being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.As nouns the difference between outer and inner
is that outer is an outer part while inner is an inner part.outer
English
Etymology 1
Comparative of out by analogy with inner.Adjective
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Antonyms
* innerNoun
(en noun)- We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.
Derived terms
* outer space * outernessEtymology 2
Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----inner
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Adjective
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