Difference between Exterior and Outside

What is the difference between Exterior and Outside?

Exterior as a noun is the outside part, parts or surface of something. while Outside as a noun is the part of something that faces out; the outer surface

Exterior

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the outside part, parts or surface of something. foreign lands

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: relating to the outside parts or surface of something being from outside a country, foreign outdoors

Example sentence: That's the worst thing about dementia: it gets you every time. Sufferers look and act the same but beneath the familiar exterior something quite different is going on. They're in another world and you cannot enter.

Outside

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The part of something that faces out; the outer surfaceThe external appearance of somethingThe space beyond some limit or boundary

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: External.A pitch that is away from the batter as it crosses home plate.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: On, or towards the outsideOutdoors

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: On the outside of

Example sentence: Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

We hope you now know whether to use Exterior or Outside in your sentence.

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