exterior vs outward

exterior

adj
  • Outdoor. 

  • Being from outside a country; foreign. 

  • Relating to the outside parts or surface of something. 

noun
  • Foreign lands. 

  • The outside part, parts or surface of something. 

outward

adj
  • Tending to the exterior or outside. 

  • visible, noticeable 

  • outer; located towards the outside 

noun
  • A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital. 

adv
  • Towards the outside; away from the centre. 

How often have the words exterior and outward occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )