Anterior vs. Exterior: What's the Difference?
Anterior and Exterior Definitions
Anterior
Placed before or in front.
Exterior
Outer; external
The exterior door.
Anterior
Occurring before in time; earlier.
Exterior
Originating or acting from the outside
Exterior influences on the negotiations.
Anterior
Located near or toward the head in lower animals.
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Exterior
Suitable for use outside
An exterior paint.
Anterior
Located on or near the front of the body in higher animals.
Exterior
A part or a surface that is outside
The exterior of the house.
Anterior
Located on or near the front of an organ or on the ventral surface of the body in humans.
Exterior
An external or outward appearance
A friendly exterior.
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Anterior
(Botany) In front of and facing away from the axis or stem.
Exterior
A representation of the outdoors for use on a soundstage or in a theater
The artist painted exteriors for the film.
Anterior
(anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
Exterior
A scene for a movie or television program that is filmed outdoors
The exteriors for the film were shot in the mountains of New Zealand.
Anterior
(botany) of a part of a flower or leaf Situated further away from the mainstem.
Exterior
Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.
The exterior part of a sphere
Anterior
(phonetics) Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
Exterior
Being from outside a country; foreign.
The exterior relations of a state or kingdom
Anterior
(formal) Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.
Exterior
Outdoor.
Anterior
Before in time; antecedent.
Antigonus, who was anterior to Polybius.
Exterior
The outside part, parts or surface of something.
The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package
Anterior
Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; - opposed to posterior.
Exterior
Foreign lands.
She is our new minister of the exterior
Anterior
A tooth situated at the front of the mouth;
His malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors
Exterior
External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; - opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.
Sith nor the exterior nor the inward manResemble that it was.
Anterior
Of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body
Exterior
External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind.
Without exterior help sustained.
Anterior
Earlier in time
Exterior
Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom.
Exterior
The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.
Exterior
Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.
Exterior
The region that is outside of something
Exterior
The outer side or surface of something
Exterior
Situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building;
An exterior scene
Exterior grade plywood
Exterior paints
