 #2 (permalink) Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:39 am outside versus outdoors. |
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Hola, Cisco.
The similarities and differences are not easy to articulate; much depends on context, collocation and grammar. Here are some brief examples:
Outside: The outside of his jacket is green. Please use the outside entrance. I went outside to check the weather. My pens are outside their case. The word is a noun, adjective, adverb or preposition and means 'not within an enclosure'.
Outdoors: I like to exercise outdoors in the summer. I love the 'great outdoors'. This is an adverb or noun and means 'outside a building'.
Out of: He fell out of bed and hurt himself. I am out of sorts this morning. 'Out of' is a phrasal preposition of direction or location and means 'not in/into'.
Exterior: The exterior of my house is a dull pink. The exterior coating is very durable. This word is an adjective or noun, a rather formal one meaning the outside surface of something.
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