exterior vs intrinsic

exterior

adj
  • Being from outside a country; foreign. 

  • Outdoor. 

  • Relating to the outside parts or surface of something. 

noun
  • Foreign lands. 

  • The outside part, parts or surface of something. 

intrinsic

adj
  • Built-in. 

  • Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential. 

  • Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member. 

noun
  • A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library. 

  • An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment. 

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