different between exterior vs ostensible

English

Alternative forms

• exteriour (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?st?????/, /?k?st?????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?st??i?/, /?k?st??i?/
• Rhymes: -??ri?(?)

Adjective

exterior (not comparable)

1. Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.

   the exterior part of a sphere

2. Being from outside a country; foreign.

   the exterior relations of a state or kingdom

3. Outdoor.

Antonyms

• interior

Derived terms

• exteriority
• exteriorize, exteriorise
• exteriorly

Translations

Noun

exterior (plural exteriors)

1. The outside part, parts or surface of something.

   The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package

   Antonyms: inside, interior

2. Foreign lands.

   She is our new minister of the exterior

   Antonym: interior

Translations

See also

• external

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin exterior.

Adjective

exterior (masculine and feminine plural exteriors)

1. exterior (relating to the outside parts or surface of something)

   Antonym: interior

2. exterior, foreign

   Synonym: estranger

   Antonym: interior

Derived terms

• exterioritat
• exterioritzar
• exteriorment

Noun

exterior m (plural exteriors)

1. exterior (the outside part, parts or surface of something)

   Antonym: interior

2. the exterior (foreign lands)

   Synonym: estranger

   Antonym: interior

Further reading

• “exterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “exterior” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “exterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “exterior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek?ste.ri.or/, [?k?s?t???i?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek?ste.ri.or/, [?k?st????i?r]

Adjective

exterior (neuter exterius, positive exter); third declension

1. outward, outer, exterior

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Descendants

References

• exterior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• exterior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exterior in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• exterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exterior.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.te.?i.?o?/, /is-/, /-??jo?/

Adjective

exterior m or f (plural exteriores, comparable)

1. exterior (located in the outside)

   Antonym: interior

2. foreign (relating to foreign countries)

3. (formal) not encompassed by; not related to or covered by

Derived terms

• exteriormente

Related terms

• exterioridade

Noun

exterior m (plural exteriores)

1. outside (outer surface)

   Antonym: interior

2. outside (the space beyond some limit or boundary)

Noun

exterior m (uncountable)

1. exterior; territory of foreign countries

   Synonym: estrangeiro

Further reading

• “exterior” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French extérieur and Latin exterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?eks.te.ri?or/

Noun

exterior n (plural exterioare)

1. exterior

Declension

Adjective

exterior m or n (feminine singular exterioar?, masculine plural exteriori, feminine and neuter plural exterioare)

1. external, outer

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?ste??jo?/, [e??s.t?e??jo?]

Adjective

exterior (plural exteriores)

1. external, outer

Noun

exterior m (plural exteriores)

1. outside
2. abroad

Derived terms

Related terms

• externo

Further reading

• “exterior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ostensible, formed, with the suffix -ible, from Latin ostensus, the past participle of ostend? (“show”), itself from obs- (“in front of”) (akin to ob- (“in the way”) and to Ancient Greek ??? (epí, “on, at, besides, after”) and Old English eofot (“crime”)) + tend? (“stretch”) (akin to Ancient Greek ????? (teín?)). Cf. also Medieval Latin ostensibilis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??st?ns.?.b?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??st?ns.?.b?l/
• Hyphenation: os?ten?si?ble

Adjective

ostensible (comparative more ostensible, superlative most ostensible)

1. Apparent, evident; meant for open display.
   • 1956–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition, 1960), chapter ii: “Motives and Motivation”, page 32:

     Motives, of course, may be mixed; but this only means that a man aims at a variety of goals by means of the same course of action. Similarly a man may have a strong motive or a weak one, an ulterior motive or an ostensible one.

   • In witch-trials the conflict was officially defined as between the accused and God, or between the accused and the Catholic (later Protestant) church, as God's earthly representative. [...]
     Behind the ostensible conflict of the witch-trial lay the usual conflicts of social class, values, and human relationships.

   • 2016 January 26, "When ‘Made In Israel’ Is a Human Rights Abuse," The New York Times (retrieved 26 January 2016):

     The ostensible reason this provision was added to a bill on international trade is to combat the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a grass-roots campaign that seeks to pressure Israel to change its policies toward the Palestinians.

2. Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).

   The ostensible reason for his visit to New York was to see his mother, but the real reason was to get to the Yankees game the next day.

Antonyms

• (meant for open display): ulterior

Derived terms

• ostensibility
• ostensibly

Related terms

• ostensive
• ostentatious
• ostentation

Translations

References

• ostensible at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• bilestones

French

Etymology

Formed, with the suffix -ible, from Latin ostensus, past participle of ostend? (“I show”), itself from obs- in front of (akin to ob- in the way; akin to Greek epi 'on, at, besides, after' and Old English eofot crime) + tend? (“I stretch”) (Greek teinein); or borrowed from Medieval Latin ostensibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s.t??.sibl/

Adjective

ostensible (plural ostensibles)

1. apparent

Derived terms

• ostensiblement

Related terms

• ostentateur
• ostentatoire

Further reading

• “ostensible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ostensibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /osten?sible/, [os.t??n?si.??le]

Adjective

ostensible (plural ostensibles)

1. ostensible, apparent

Derived terms

• ostensiblemente

Related terms

• ostentar