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Periphery vs Vicinity - What's the difference?

periphery | vicinity |

As nouns the difference between periphery and vicinity

is that periphery is the outside boundary, parts or surface of something while vicinity is (proximity, or the state of being near)Proximity, or the state of being near.

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

    vicinity

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia vicinity) (vicinities)
  • Proximity, or the state of being near.
  • *
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  • Neighbourhood, or the nearby region.
  • Approximate size or amount.