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Insider vs Outsider - What's the difference?

insider | outsider |

As nouns the difference between insider and outsider

is that insider is a person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution while outsider is one who is not part of a community or organization.

insider

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.
  • * 1923 , " ‘Big Board’ Failures," Time , 2 Jul.,
  • Heavy losses were sustained in Simms Petroleum, which took a greater toll from supposed "Wall Street insiders " than from the general public.
  • * 2007 , Jonathan Clayton, " Profile: Zuma charmed wives and a nation," Times of London (UK), 19 Dec.,
  • He is also an astute ANC insider who spent ten years on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela and the other “grandees” of the movement.
  • A person who is within an enclosed space.
  • * 1849 , (Herman Melville), Redburn: His First Voyage , ch. 33,
  • To the insider , the ceiling is like a small firmament twinkling with astral radiations.

    Derived terms

    * insider trading

    outsider

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is not part of a community or organization.
  • While the initiated easily understand the symbols, they are wholly inaccessible to outsiders .
  • A newcomer with little or no experience in an organization or community.
  • Seeing the mess professional politicians have made of things is it any wonder the electorate is beginning to prefer outsiders .
  • A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot; a dark horse
  • Johnny was an outsider at this years karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination.

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