Difference between Outside and External

Outside

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The part of something that faces out; the outer surface The external appearance of something The 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 outside Outdoors

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: On the outside of

Example sentence: You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

External

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: outside of something

Example sentence: Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.