Difference between Interior and Inner

What is the difference between Interior and Inner?

Interior as an adjective is having to do with the inner part of something while Inner as an adjective is being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something (inner door, inner room, inner sanctum, inner surface).

Interior

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: having to do with the inner part of something having to do with the inland parts of a country far from the coasts

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure. The inside regions of a country, distanced from from the borders or coasts. The set of all interior points of a set.

Example sentence: In 2019 folks were coming across the border and were sitting down, they were sitting down waiting for Border Patrol to come up because they knew they would be released within a matter of hours if not days into the interior of the U.S. and that was the goal.

Inner

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An inner part.A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something (inner door, inner room, inner sanctum, inner surface).Close to the centre, located near or closer to center (the inner suburbs).Inside or closer to the inside of the body (inner ear).Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup (inner confidence, inner strength, inner life, inner child, inner artist, inner peace, inner light).Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure, ; innermost or essential, needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood (inner meaning, inner resources, inner logic ).Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence (inner circle, inner council ).

Example sentence: Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.

We hope you now know whether to use Interior or Inner in your sentence.

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