Difference between External and Outside

What is the difference between External and Outside?

External as an adjective is outside of something while Outside as an adjective is external.

External

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: outside of something

Example sentence: When most people set out to change their lives, they often focus on all the external stuff, like a new job or a new location or new friends or a new romantic prospects and on and on. The reality is that changing your life starts with changing the way you see everything in your life.

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: All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

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

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