Inner vs. Internal — What's the Difference?

Situated inside or further in; internal

Of, relating to, or located within the limits or surface; inner.

Mental or spiritual

Residing in or dependent on essential nature; intrinsic

The inner part of something

Located, acting, or effective within the body.

Located or occurring farther inside

Of or relating to mental or spiritual nature

Less apparent; deeper

Of or relating to the domestic affairs of a nation, group, or business.

Of or relating to the mind or spirit

Of or situated on the inside.

More exclusive, influential, or important

(medicine) Within the body.

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.

Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.

Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.

Concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation.

Inside or closer to the inside of the body.

(biology) Present or arising within an organism or one of its parts.

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.

(pharmacology) Applied or intended for application through the stomach by being swallowed.

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.

Experienced in one's mind; inner rather than expressed.

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.

Of the inner nature of a thing.

An inner part.

Attending a university as well as taking its examinations.

(South Africa) A duvet, excluding the cover.

Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; - opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.

A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.

Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures.

(cricket) A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.

Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war.

(UK politics) One who supports remaining in the European Union.

Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual.

The 2nd circle on a target, between the bull (or bull's eye) and magpie.

Intrinsic; inherent; real.

Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an inner chamber.

Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.

Of or pertaining to the spirit or its phenomena.

Happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface;

Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.

Occurring within an institution or community;

Located inward;

Inside the country;

Located or occurring within or closer to a center;

Located inward;

Innermost or essential;

Innermost or essential;

Confined to an exclusive group;

Exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence;

Inside or closer to the inside of the body;