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Posterior vs Interior - What's the difference?

posterior | interior |

As adjectives the difference between posterior and interior

is that posterior is located behind, or towards the rear of an object while interior is within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.

As nouns the difference between posterior and interior

is that posterior is the buttocks while interior is the inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.

posterior

English

Alternative forms

* posteriour (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Located behind, or towards the rear of an object.
  • Following in order or in time.
  • (anatomy) Nearer the back end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
  • (botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
  • Synonyms

    * (located behind or towards the rear) rear, hinder, back * (Following in order or in time) later

    Antonyms

    * anterior

    Derived terms

    * posteriorly

    Coordinate terms

    * *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (euphemistic) The buttocks.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    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)