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Brink vs Periphery - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between brink and periphery

is that brink is the edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also used figuratively while periphery is the outside boundary, parts or surface of something.

brink

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also used figuratively.

    • Derived terms

    * on the brink

    External links

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    periphery

    English

    (wikipedia periphery)

    Noun

    (peripheries)
  • The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
    • ''The suburbs are a city's periphery
  • A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided in provinces.

    • Antonyms

    * center

    Related terms

    * peripherad * peripheral

    External links

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