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Outer vs Pilch - What's the difference?

outer | pilch |

As nouns the difference between outer and pilch

is that outer is an outer part or outer can be someone who admits to something publicly while pilch is (obsolete) a gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.

As an adjective outer

is outside; external.

outer

English

Etymology 1

Comparative of out by analogy with inner.

Adjective

  • Outside; external.
  • Farther from the centre of the inside.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=14 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
    * inner

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An outer part.
  • *
  • 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.
    • We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.

    Derived terms

    * outer space * outerness

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who admits to something publicly.
  • Someone who outs another.
  • One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
  • An ouster; dispossession.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    pilch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.
  • (archaic) a covering put over an infant's diaper to prevent outer clothes from getting wet
  • * 1884 , , The Care of Infants: A Manual for Mothers and Nurses , Macmillan (1884), page 6:
    • It used to be the fashion to put a second thick covering or "pilch " over the napkin to keep the outer clothes from wet; but this is by no means healthy, as it over-heats this part of the body, and is often a mere excuse for neglecting the frequent changes that should be made, so that the skin is apt to become sodden, and subsequently sore, from damp heat.