Extrinsic vs Outer - What's the difference?
extrinsic | outer |
external, separable from the thing itself, inessential
not belonging to, outside of
Outside; external.
Farther from the centre of the inside.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=14 An outer part.
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The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bullseye.
A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
(wholesale trade) the smallest single unit normally sold to retailers, usually equal to one retail display box.
Someone who admits to something publicly.
Someone who outs another.
One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
An ouster; dispossession.
As adjectives the difference between extrinsic and outer
is that extrinsic is external, separable from the thing itself, inessential while outer is outside; external.As a noun outer is
an outer part or outer can be someone who admits to something publicly.extrinsic
English
(Intrinsic and extrinsic properties)Alternative forms
* extrinsick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* intrinsic * inherentDerived terms
* extrinsic rewardExternal links
* *outer
English
Etymology 1
Comparative of out by analogy with inner.Adjective
citation, passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.}}
Antonyms
* innerNoun
(en noun)- We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.
