Internal and Outside

Internal

Internal adjective - Situated farther in.
Usage example: somehow grave robbers hadn't managed to locate and enter the internal chambers of the Egyptian tomb

Outside is an antonym for internal in inner topic.

Outside

Outside adjective - Situated on the outside or farther out.
Usage example: slower moving vehicles should keep to the outside lane

Internal is an antonym for outside in topics: external, slight.

Nearby Word: outsider

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Star Trek: The Motion Picture The novelization suggests that Sonak and the other crewmember (Vice Admiral Lori Ciana) were rematerialized with their internal organs outside their bodies.
  • Bigger on the Inside The Egg (or Trans-Dimensional Navigation Module) in Galidor has several internal levels but certainly doesn't look like it from the outside.
  • Useful Notes / Flash Memory They usually use not the internal HDD interface, like SSDs, but one of the common outside buses like USB.
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