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Periphery vs Outskirts - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between periphery and outskirts

is that periphery is the outside boundary, parts or surface of something while outskirts is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals; the edges or areas around a city or town.

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

    outskirts

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • English plurals; the edges or areas around a city or town.
  • He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time.

    Usage notes

    * The plural is used much more often than the singular