fringe vs inner

fringe

verb
  • To serve as a fringe. 

  • To decorate with fringe. 

adj
  • Outside the mainstream. 

noun
  • The area around the green 

  • A marginal or peripheral part. 

  • The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses. 

  • A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light. 

  • Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc. 

  • Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views. 

  • The periphery of a town or city (or other area). 

  • Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across. 

  • A daypart that precedes or follows prime time. 

  • A decorative border. 

  • Non-mainstream theatre. 

inner

adj
  • 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. 

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

  • Inside or closer to the inside of the body. 

  • 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 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. 

  • 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. 

noun
  • A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves. 

  • One who supports remaining in the European Union. 

  • An inner part. 

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

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

  • A duvet, excluding the cover. 

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