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Periphery vs Circumference - What's the difference?

periphery | circumference |

As nouns the difference between periphery and circumference

is that periphery is the outside boundary, parts or surface of something while circumference is the line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.

As a verb circumference is

to include in a circular space; to bound.

periphery

English

(wikipedia periphery)

Noun

(peripheries)
  • The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
    • ''The suburbs are a city's periphery
  • A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided in provinces.

    • Antonyms

    * center

    Related terms

    * peripherad * peripheral

    External links

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    circumference

    English

    (wikipedia circumference)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
  • (geometry) The length of such a line
  • (obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object

    • Synonyms

    * (distance measured around any object ): girth * (distance measured around a race track ): lap

    Related terms

    * diameter * radius * perimeter

    Verb

    (circumferenc)
  • (obsolete) To include in a circular space; to bound.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)