Difference between External and Outward

What is the difference between External and Outward?

External as an adjective is outside of something while Outward as an adjective is outer; located towards the outside

External

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: outside of something

Example sentence: Self-talk, for me, has been the biggest thing in my life. A lot of us have a dialogue that is crap. It's a crappy dialogue. We live in a world right now that is very external. Everything is very on the surface. Superficial. Everything. And what we're telling ourselves is what we see on TV.

Outward

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: toward the outside; away from the centre

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: outer; located towards the outside

Example sentence: Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

We hope you now know whether to use External or Outward in your sentence.

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