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Outdoors vs Outskirts - What's the difference?

outdoors | outskirts |

As nouns the difference between outdoors and outskirts

is that outdoors is the environment outside of enclosed structures; the natural environment in the open air while outskirts is ; the edges or areas around a city or town.

As an adverb outdoors

is not inside a house or under covered structure; unprotected; in the open air.

outdoors

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Not inside a house or under covered structure; unprotected; in the open air.
  • They went outdoors to light up their cigarettes.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The environment outside of enclosed structures; the natural environment in the open air.
  • She loves the outdoors .

    Antonyms

    * indoors

    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