Exterior and Inside

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Exterior

Exterior adjective - Situated on the outside or farther out.
Usage example: the house's exterior walls badly need to be painted
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Inside is an antonym for exterior in topics: outer, visible part.
Nearby Words: external, exteriority, exteriorize, externally, exteriorized

Inside

Inside adjective - Situated farther in.
Usage example: chose the inside lane to run around the track
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Exterior is an antonym for inside in topics: inner, middle, interior, secret, within.
Nearby Word: insider
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How words are described

sweet sweet exterior sweet inside
old old exterior old inside
nice nice exterior nice inside
deep deep exterior deep inside
Other adjectives: entire, tough, ugly, beautiful, fuzzy.

Both words in one sentence

  • Bigger on the Inside With very few exceptions, one could fit the exterior of a building inside one of the inner rooms and have room to spare.
    Source: Bigger on the Inside
  • Bigger on the Inside On Seinfeld: Jerry's apartment is a good deal bigger on the inside than should be possible from the exterior shot of the hallway.
    Source: Bigger on the Inside
  • Bigger on the Inside The alien spaceship you explore in Tomb Raider III looks pretty small on the outside, but the inside is three times larger than the exterior.
    Source: Bigger on the Inside
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