Outside vs Off - What's the difference?
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The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
* 1653 , (Thomas Urquhart) (translator), , , "The Author's Prologue to the First Book"
* 1890 , (Jacob Riis), ,
* 1911 , '', article in '' ,
The external appearance of something.
The space beyond some limit or boundary.
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* 1967 , (The Bee Gees), ,
* 1982 , (Anne Dudley), (Trevor Horn), (Malcolm Mclaren), (Buffalo Gals)
The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
(dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger riding on the outside of a coach or carriage.
* (rfdate) (Charles Dickens), (The Pickwick Papers)
Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
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* 1921 , Ernest Leopold Ahrons, ,
Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
* 1938 (believed written c.1933), ,
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* 1993 September 3, ,
(baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc.
(rfc-sense) On or towards the outside.
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Outdoors.
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, chapter=14 (rfc-sense) On the outside of.
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* 1919' June 28, the '', Part IV—German Rights and Interests ' outside Germany,
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Near, but not in.
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* 2002 , , Bookends , 2003 trade paperback edition, ISBN 0767907817, outside back cover:
* 2010 December, Patricia Corrigan, "Beyond Congregations", OY!'' (magazine section), ''St. Louis Jewish Light , volume 63, number 50, page 24:
Except, apart from.
In a direction away from the speaker or object.
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Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.
Inoperative, disabled.
:All the lights are off .
Rancid, rotten.
:This milk is off !
(cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
:sales are off this quarter
Circumstanced (as in well off'', ''better off'', ''poorly off ).
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Started on the way.
:off to see the wizard
:And they're off ! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose.
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Far; off to the side.
:the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse
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*:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
*1937 , (Zora Neale Hurston), Their Eyes Were Watching God , Harper Perennial (2000), p.151:
*:He came in, took a look and squinched down into a chair in an off corner and didn’t open his mouth.
Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
:He took an off''' day for fishing. an '''off''' year in politics; the '''off season
(Used to indicate movement away from a position on)
(colloquial) Out of the possession of.
Away from or not on.
Disconnected or subtracted from.
Distant from.
No longer wanting or taking.
(slang) To kill.
(Singapore) To switch off.
As adjectives the difference between outside and off
is that outside is of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary while off is inoperative, disabled.As adverbs the difference between outside and off
is that outside is on or towards the outside while off is in a direction away from the speaker or object.As prepositions the difference between outside and off
is that outside is on the outside of while off is Used to indicate movement away from a position onAs a noun outside
is the part of something that faces out; the outer surface.As a proper noun Outside
is to residents of Alaska, the rest of the United States, especially the contiguous 48 states south of Canada.As a verb off is
to kill.outside
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Silenes of old were little boxes, like those we now may see in the shops of apothecaries, painted on the outside with wanton toyish figures, as harpies, satyrs, bridled geese, horned hares, saddled ducks, flying goats, thiller harts, and other such-like counterfeited pictures at discretion, ...
- The outside of the building gives no valuable clew.
- The number of persons which the cab is licensed to carry must be painted at the back on the outside .
- I threw open the door of my chamber, and found the family standing on the outside .
- Have you seen my wife, Mr Jones? / Do you know what it's like on the outside ?
- Four buffalo gals go 'round the outside' / 'Round the '''outside''' / 'Round the '''outside''' / Four buffalo gals go 'round the ' outside / And do-si-do your partners.
- It may last a week at the outside .
- The outsides' did as ' outsides always do. They were very cheerful and talkative at the beginning of every stage, and very dismal and sleepy in the middle
Usage notes
* Rarely used with an .Adjective
(en adjective)- The outside surface looks good.
- Household drudgery, woodcutting, milking, and gardening soon roughen the hands and dim the outside polish.
- The tyres, which come from the steel manufacturers, are rolled without weld. They are bored inside to an internal diameter slightly less than the outside diameter of the wheel centre, on to which they have to be shrunk, the allowance being about 1/1000 of the diameter of the wheel centre.
- Dogs had a fear of me, for they felt the outside shadow which never left my side.
- It is the witness to your state of mind, the outside picture of an inward condition.
- Nor did they consult with outside persons in religious studies, sociology of religion, or psychology of religion.
- The first pitch is ... just a bit outside .
- an outside estimate
Adverb
(en adverb)- Jurgis waited outside and walked home with Marija.
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Preposition
(English prepositions)- It never happens outside of the story-books that a baby so deserted finds home and friends at once.
- "Don't think of what's past!" said she. "I am not going to think outside of now. Why should we! Who knows what to-morrow has in store?"
- In territory outside her European frontiers as fixed by the present Treaty, Germany renounces all rights, titles and privileges whatever in or over territory which belonged to her or to her allies, and all rights, titles and privileges whatever their origin which she held as against the Allied and Associated Powers.
- There is jurisdiction over an offense under section 601 committed outside the United States if the individual committing the offense is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act).
- Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
- Up the hill Richmond town was burning briskly; outside the town of Richmond there was no trace of the Black Smoke.
- Jane Green lives outside New York City with her husband and children.
- Kastner lives in University City with his wife, Leslie Cohen, who works for the Jewish Federation, and their 17-month-old old(SIC) son. Kastner grew up outside Cleveland.
- Outside of winning the lottery, the only way to succeed is through many years of hard work.
Antonyms
* insideStatistics
*off
English
Adverb
(en adverb)Usage notes
* Used in many , off'' is an adverbial particle often mistakenly thought of as a preposition. (It ''can be used as a preposition, but such usage is rare and usually informal; see below.)Synonyms
* away, outAntonyms
* on, inDerived terms
* back off * bite off * break off * bring off * call off * clean off * cut off, cutoff * die off * drop off * fall off * fuck off * get off * go off * goof off * hold off * keep off * kick off, kickoff * knock off * lay off, layoff * leave off * let off * light off * live off * make off * make off with * nod off * pay off, payoff * piss off * pull off * put off * ring off * rip off, ripoff * round off * run off, runoff * see off * set off * show off, showoff * sleep off * shake off * switch off * take off * tell off * tick off * turn off, turnoff * walk it off * wear offAdjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* (inoperative) on * (rotten) fresh * (cricket) on, legDerived terms
* off to the racesPreposition
(English prepositions)- I took it off''' the table.''; ''Come '''off the roof!
- He didn't buy it off''' him. He stole it '''off him.
- He's off''' the computer, but he's still on the phone.''; ''Keep '''off the grass.
- We've been off''' the grid for three days now.''; ''He took 20% '''off the list price.
- We're just off''' the main road.''; ''The island is 23 miles ' off the cape.
- He's been off''' his feed since Tuesday.''; ''He's '''off his meds again.
- Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972
- samples submitted … 12 off Thermistors type 1K3A531 … — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000
- I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off .
Antonyms
*Derived terms
* off-campus * off one's feedVerb
(en verb)- He got in the way so I had him offed .
- Can you off the light?