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Shutter vs Exterior - What's the difference?

shutter | exterior |

As nouns the difference between shutter and exterior

is that shutter is one who shuts or closes something while exterior is the outside part, parts or surface of something.

As a verb shutter

is to close shutters covering.

As an adjective exterior is

relating to the outside parts or surface of something.

shutter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who shuts or closes something.
  • * (Max Beerbohm)
  • it would be very difficult to pack this drawing in such a way that it would be sure not to be injured by the frantic fingers of the openers and shutters .
  • (usually, in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
  • (photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in during taking a picture.
  • Derived terms

    * roller shutter * shutter priority * shutter speed

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To close shutters covering.
  • Shutter the windows, there's a storm coming!
  • To close up (a building or an operation) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
  • It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended.
    The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program.

    Anagrams

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    exterior

    English

    Alternative forms

    * exteriour (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.
  • the exterior part of a sphere
  • * Shakespeare
  • Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man / Resemble that it was.
  • Being from outside a country; foreign.
  • the exterior relations of a state or kingdom
  • Outdoors.
  • Antonyms

    * interior

    See also

    * external

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The outside part, parts or surface of something.
  • The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package
  • * '>citation
  • Foreign lands.
  • She is our new minister of the exterior

    Antonyms

    * interior