inner vs marginal

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. 

marginal

adj
  • Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election. 

  • Written in the margin of a book. 

  • Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge). 

  • Sharing a border; geographically adjacent. 

  • Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category. 

  • Barely productive. 

  • Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good. 

noun
  • Something or somebody that is marginal. 

  • A constituency won with a small margin. 

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