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Outlie vs Outline - What's the difference?

outlie | outline |

As verbs the difference between outlie and outline

is that outlie is (rare|transitive) to tell more or better lies than or outlie can be (rare) to lie outside, or at the extremes or periphery while outline is (lb) to draw an outline of something.

As a noun outline is

a line marking the boundary of an object figure.

outlie

English

Etymology 1

From out-'' and ''lie in the sense of "tell a lie".

Verb

  • (rare) To tell more or better lies than.

    • Etymology 2

    From out'' and ''lie in the sense of "be located".

    Verb

  • (rare) To lie outside, or at the extremes or periphery.
    • Usage notes
    * This verb is fairly rare; more common are the derived noun outlier'' (commonly found in the plural form ''outliers'') and participial adjective ''outlying .
    Derived terms
    *outlier *outlying

    outline

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
  • The outer shape of an object or figure.
  • A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
  • * Dryden
    • Painters, by their outlines , colours, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures.
  • A general description of some subject.
  • A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
  • A preliminary plan for a project.
    • the outline of a speech
  • (film industry) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.

    • See also

    * silhouette

    Verb

    (outlin)
  • (lb) To draw an outline of something.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.}}
  • (lb) To summarize something.
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  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

    • Anagrams

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