different between inland vs inward

English

Etymology

From Middle English inland, inlond, from Old English inland, equivalent to in- +? land. Compare West Frisian ynlân (“inland”), German Inland (“inland”), Danish indland (“inland”), Swedish inland (“inland”), Norwegian innland (“inland”). Compare also Dutch binnenland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nl?nd/

Adjective

inland (comparative more inland, superlative most inland)

1. Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.
2. Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea

3. Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign.

Translations

Noun

inland (plural inlands)

1. The interior part of a country.

Derived terms

• inlander
• inlandish

Translations

Adverb

inland (comparative more inland, superlative most inland)

1. Into, or towards, the interior of the land, away from the coast.

   • The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east. Sharon Turner.

Translations

Anagrams

• Landin, Niland, landin'

English

Etymology

From Middle English inward, from Old English inweard, corresponding to in +? -ward.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nw?d/

Adjective

inward (comparative more inward, superlative most inward)

1. Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside. [from 9th c.]
2. (obsolete) Intimate, closely acquainted; familiar. [16th-17th c.]
   • He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to know in part the discourse of his life.

Derived terms

• inwards
• inwardly
• inwardness

Translations

Adverb

inward (not comparable)

1. Towards the inside [from 11th c.]

Synonyms

• withinward

Translations

Noun

inward (plural inwards)

1. (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) That which is inward or within; the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.
   • 1653, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-five Sermons preached at Golden Grove; being for the Winter Half-year

     the flesh and the inwards he leaves to be consumed by a stranger fire
2. (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) The mental faculties.
3. (obsolete) A familiar friend or acquaintance.

Anagrams

• Darwin, darwin, draw in, drawin', indraw

Middle English

Alternative forms

• inwart, ynward, inworde, inwarde, ynvarde, inword, inewarde

Etymology

From Old English inweard; equivalent to in +? -ward.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?inward/, /?inwa?rd/

Adverb

inward

1. inwards, to the interior, especially referring to:
   1. One's physical existence or body
   2. One's mental state or soul
2. While located within the inside of an entity, especially referring to:
   1. One's physical existence or body
   2. One's mental state or soul

Derived terms

• inwardes

Descendants

• English: inward
• Scots: inward

References

• “in-w??rd, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-12.

Adjective

inward (superlative ynwardest)

1. inside, inward, in the interior; the following special senses exist:
   1. For the inside; internal
   2. religious, inside the mind
2. emotionally powerful, emotionally true
3. unknown, esoteric

Derived terms

• inwardly
• inwardnesse

Descendants

• English: inward
• Scots: inward

References

• “in-w??rd, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-12.

Noun

inward (plural inwardes)

1. The interior of a given thing
2. innards; guts
3. reasoning, deductive ability

Descendants

• English: inward, innards

References

• “in-w??rd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-12.

Preposition

inward

1. To the inside

References

• “in-w??rd, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-12.

See also

• outward