surface vs exterior
exterior vs surfacesurface and exterior both are nouns.
surface and exterior both are adjectives.
surface is a verb but exterior is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| surface | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| exterior | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
exterior is a hyponym of
surface; that is, exterior is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
surface:
- surface: the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- exterior: the outer side or surface of something
Other hyponyms of surface include
interface, hard palate, palate, roof of the mouth, face, side, celestial sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, sphere, vault of heaven, welkin, end, inside, interior, outside, substrate, substratum, wave front, wavefront, photosphere.
| surface (noun) | exterior (noun) |
|---|---|
| the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary | the outer side or surface of something |
| a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight | the region that is outside of something |
| a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something | |
| information that has become public | |
| the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object | |
| the outermost level of the land or sea |
| surface (adjective) | exterior (adjective) |
|---|---|
| on the surface | situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building |
| surface (verb) | exterior (verb) |
|---|---|
| appear or become visible; make a showing | |
| put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface | |
| come to the surface |
Words related to "surface"
- Earth's surface
- Klein bottle
- Mobius strip
- aboveground
- aerofoil
- aileron
- airfoil
- anodise
- anodize
- appear
- artefact
- artifact
- ascend
- aspect
- bed
- blacktop
- board
- body of water
- bonderise
- bonderize
- bound
- boundary
- bounds
- brush on
- bubble up
- celestial sphere
- cement
- coat
- come on
- come out
- come up
- control surface
- copper
- cover
- crumb
- daub
- device
- dredge
- egg
- elevator
- emerge
- empyrean
- encrust
- end
- enrobe
- exterior
- face
- facet
- finish
- firmament
- flap
- flaps
- floor
- foliate
- galvanise
- galvanize
- gameboard
- gap
- gelatinize
- general knowledge
- geosphere
- glaze
- go up
- grade-constructed
- grit
- ground
- hard palate
- heavens
- horizontal stabiliser
- horizontal stabilizer
- horizontal surface
- incrust
- inside
- interface
- interior
- intumesce
- layer
- leading edge
- level
- lithosphere
- macadam
- macadamise
- macadamize
- meniscus
- metal
- metalize
- metallize
- miter
- mitre
- open
- opencast
- opencut
- opening
- outside
- overhead
- paint
- palate
- patinate
- patinise
- patinize
- pave
- photosphere
- plaster
- plasterwork
- plate
- platinize
- porcelainize
- projection screen
- public knowledge
- refinish
- render
- resurface
- rise
- rise up
- roof of the mouth
- rotary wing
- rotor blade
- rubber
- rubberise
- rubberize
- rudder
- ruled surface
- screen
- seal
- show up
- side
- silver screen
- size
- skim
- skimcoat
- skin
- soot
- spandrel
- spandril
- sphere
- spoiler
- stabilizer
- stucco
- substrate
- substratum
- subsurface
- superficies
- surfacing
- surficial
- swell
- tailplane
- tar
- tarmac
- trailing edge
- tread
- turn up
- varnish
- vault of heaven
- vertical surface
- vertical tail
- water
- wave front
- wavefront
- welkin
- well
- wing
- work surface
- zinc
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