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Starched vs External - What's the difference?

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Starched is a related term of external.


As adjectives the difference between starched and external

is that starched is of or pertaining to a garment which has had starch applied while external is outside of something; on the exterior.

As a verb starched

is (starch).

starched

English

Verb

(head)
  • (starch)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a garment which has had starch applied.
  • Stiff, formal, rigid; prim and proper.
  • (Swift)

    Anagrams

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    external

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Outside of something; on the exterior.
  • This building has some external pipework.
  • * Milton
  • Of all external things, / She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Her virtues graced with external gifts.
  • Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
  • * Trench
  • The external circumstances are greatly different.
  • Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations.
  • external''' trade or commerce; the '''external relations of a state or kingdom
  • (anatomy) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
  • Antonyms

    * internal