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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 on

As 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)
  • The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
  • * 1653 , (Thomas Urquhart) (translator), , , "The Author's Prologue to the First Book"
  • 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, ...
  • * 1890 , (Jacob Riis), ,
  • The outside of the building gives no valuable clew.
  • * 1911 , '', article in '' ,
  • The number of persons which the cab is licensed to carry must be painted at the back on the outside .
  • The external appearance of something.
  • The space beyond some limit or boundary.
  • * (rfdate) Spectator
  • I threw open the door of my chamber, and found the family standing on the outside .
  • * 1967 , (The Bee Gees), ,
  • Have you seen my wife, Mr Jones? / Do you know what it's like on the outside ?
  • * 1982 , (Anne Dudley), (Trevor Horn), (Malcolm Mclaren), (Buffalo Gals)
  • 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.
  • The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
  • It may last a week at the outside .
  • (dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger riding on the outside of a coach or carriage.
  • * (rfdate) (Charles Dickens), (The Pickwick Papers)
  • 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)
  • Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
  • The outside surface looks good.
  • * 1901 , ,
  • Household drudgery, woodcutting, milking, and gardening soon roughen the hands and dim the outside polish.
  • * 1921 , Ernest Leopold Ahrons, ,
  • 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.
  • Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
  • * 1938 (believed written c.1933), ,
  • Dogs had a fear of me, for they felt the outside shadow which never left my side.
  • * 1976 , ,
  • It is the witness to your state of mind, the outside picture of an inward condition.
  • * 1993 September 3, ,
  • Nor did they consult with outside persons in religious studies, sociology of religion, or psychology of religion.
  • (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
  • The first pitch is ... just a bit outside .
  • Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc.
  • an outside estimate

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (rfc-sense) On or towards the outside.
  • *
  • Jurgis waited outside and walked home with Marija.
  • Outdoors.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=14 citation , passage=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.}}

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (rfc-sense) On the outside of.
  • * 1890 , ,
  • It never happens outside of the story-books that a baby so deserted finds home and friends at once.
  • * 1891 , ,
  • "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?"
  • * 1919' June 28, the '', Part IV—German Rights and Interests ' outside Germany,
  • 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.
  • * 1982 , ,
  • 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.
  • Near, but not in.
  • * 1898 , ,
  • Up the hill Richmond town was burning briskly; outside the town of Richmond there was no trace of the Black Smoke.
  • * 2002 , , Bookends , 2003 trade paperback edition, ISBN 0767907817, outside back cover:
  • Jane Green lives outside New York City with her husband and children.
  • * 2010 December, Patricia Corrigan, "Beyond Congregations", OY!'' (magazine section), ''St. Louis Jewish Light , volume 63, number 50, page 24:
  • 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.
  • Except, apart from.
  • Outside of winning the lottery, the only way to succeed is through many years of hard work.

    Antonyms

    * inside

    Statistics

    *

    off

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a direction away from the speaker or object.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or
  • Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.
  • 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, out

    Antonyms

    * on, in

    Derived 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 off

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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 ).
  • *
  • 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.
  • *
  • Far; off to the side.
  • :the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse
  • *
  • *: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
  • Antonyms

    * (inoperative) on * (rotten) fresh * (cricket) on, leg

    Derived terms

    * off to the races

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (Used to indicate movement away from a position on)
  • I took it off''' the table.''; ''Come '''off the roof!
  • (colloquial) Out of the possession of.
  • He didn't buy it off''' him. He stole it '''off him.
  • Away from or not on.
  • He's off''' the computer, but he's still on the phone.''; ''Keep '''off the grass.
  • Disconnected or subtracted from.
  • We've been off''' the grid for three days now.''; ''He took 20% '''off the list price.
  • Distant from.
  • We're just off''' the main road.''; ''The island is 23 miles ' off the cape.
  • No longer wanting or taking.
  • 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 feed

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To kill.
  • He got in the way so I had him offed .
  • (Singapore) To switch off.
  • Can you off the light?

    Derived terms

    * off-licence, off-license, offie, offy