Outskirt vs Rural - What's the difference?
outskirt | rural |
a more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb
Pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas.
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As a noun outskirt
is a more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb.As an adjective rural is
pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas.outskirt
English
Noun
(en noun)- Many people commute into the business district from the outskirts of town.
Usage notes
*As a noun, plural form is much more common. *In attributive use, the singular form is more common.rural
English
(wikipedia rural)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .}}