Interior vs. Inside

Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.

Example: ‘the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball’;

Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.

Example: ‘the interior parts of a region or country’;

The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.

The inside regions of a country, distanced from the borders or coasts.

Example: ‘Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior.’;

The set of all interior points of a set.

Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; - opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball.

Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as, the interior parts of a region or country.

That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside.

The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.

the region that is inside of something

the inner or enclosed surface of something

the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849

situated within or suitable for inside a building;

Example: ‘an interior scene’; ‘interior decoration’; ‘an interior bathroom without windows’;

inside the country;

Example: ‘the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior’; ‘the nation's internal politics’;

located inward;

Example: ‘Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle’; ‘she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it’; ‘an internal sense of rightousness’;

inside and toward a center;

Example: ‘interior regions of the earth’;

of or coming from the middle of a region or country;

Example: ‘upcountry districts’;

The interior or inner part.

Example: ‘The inside of the building has been extensively restored.’;

The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.

Example: ‘The car in front drifted wide on the bend, so I darted up the inside to take the lead.’;

(colloquial) in the plural The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.

Example: ‘Eating that stuff will damage your insides.’;

A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.

Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.

Example: ‘He placed the letter inside the envelope.’;

Within a period of time.

Within or towards the interior of something, especially a building.

Example: ‘It started raining, so I went inside.’;

Intimately, secretly. feeling or thinking without expressing it

Example: ‘Are you laughing at us inside?’;

(colloquial) In prison.

Example: ‘He's inside, doing a stretch for burglary.’;

Originating from or arranged by someone inside an organisation.

Example: ‘The reporter had received inside information about the forthcoming takeover.’; ‘The robbery was planned by the security guard: it was an inside job.’; ‘They wanted to know the inside story behind the celebrity's fall from grace.’;

(baseball) A pitch that is toward the batter as it crosses home plate.

Example: ‘The first pitch is ... just a bit inside.’;

Nearer to the interior of a running track, horse racing course etc.

Example: ‘Because of the tighter bend, it's harder to run in an inside lane.’;

Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.

Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained; interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a stagecoach; inside decoration.

Example: ‘Kissing with inside lip.’;

Adapted to the interior.

The part within; interior or internal portion; content.

Example: ‘Looked he o' the inside of the paper?’;

The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings.

Example: ‘Here's none but friends; we may speakOur insides freely.’;

An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.

Example: ‘So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glidesThe Derby dilly, carrying three insides.’;

the region that is inside of something

the inner or enclosed surface of something

relating to or being within or near the inner side or limit;

Example: ‘he reached into his inside jacket pocket’; ‘inside out’; ‘an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter’;

being or applying to the inside of a building;

Example: ‘an inside wall’;

located, suited for, or taking place within a building;

Example: ‘indoor activities for a rainy day’; ‘an indoor pool’;

confined to an exclusive group;

Example: ‘privy to inner knowledge’; ‘inside information’; ‘privileged information’;

away from the outer edge;

Example: ‘an inner lane’; ‘the inside lane’;

within some bounds; especially of an organization;

Example: ‘an inside job’;

within a building;

Example: ‘in winter we play inside’;

on the inside;

Example: ‘inside, the car is a mess’;

with respect to private feelings;

Example: ‘inwardly, she was raging’;

in reality;

Example: ‘she is very kind at heart’;

the inner side or surface of something

Example: ‘wipe the inside of the windscreen’;

the part of a road furthest from the centre

Example: ‘overtaking on the inside’;

the part of a path nearer to a wall or further from a road.

the side of a bend where the edge or surface is shorter

Example: ‘the inside of the bend’;

the inner part; the interior

Example: ‘the inside of the car was like an oven’;

a person's stomach and bowels

Example: ‘my insides are out of order’;

situated on or in the inside

Example: ‘an inside pocket’;

(in hockey, soccer, and other sports) denoting positions nearer to the centre of the field

Example: ‘an inside forward’;

known or done by someone within a group or organization

Example: ‘they were accused of selling shares while in possession of inside information’;

situated within the confines of (something)

Example: ‘Mr Jackson is waiting for you inside’; ‘a radio was playing inside the flat’;

moving so as to end up within (something)

Example: ‘Anatoly reached inside his shirt and brought out a map’; ‘we walked inside’;

within (a person's body or mind), typically with reference to sensations of self-awareness

Example: ‘I just roll the phrases round inside my head’; ‘she felt a stirring of life inside her’; ‘I was screaming inside’;

in prison

Example: ‘she was sentenced to three years inside’;

(in soccer, rugby, and other sports) closer to the centre of the field than (another player)

Example: ‘he went inside Graves and scored near the post’;

in less than (the period of time specified)

Example: ‘the oven will have paid for itself inside 18 months’;

situated within the confines of (something)

Example: ‘Mr Jackson is waiting for you inside’; ‘a radio was playing inside the flat’;

in less than (the period of time specified)

Example: ‘the oven will have paid for itself inside 18 months’;

moving so as to end up within (something)

Example: ‘Anatoly reached inside his shirt and brought out a map’; ‘we walked inside’;

within (a person's body or mind), typically with reference to sensations of self-awareness

Example: ‘I was screaming inside’; ‘I just roll the phrases round inside my head’; ‘she felt a stirring of life inside her’;

in prison

Example: ‘she was sentenced to three years inside’;

(in soccer, rugby, and other sports) closer to the centre of the field than (another player)

Example: ‘he went inside Graves and scored near the post’;