different between insider vs outsider

English

Etymology

inside +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?sa?d?/, /??nsa?d?/
  • Homophone: inciter
• Rhymes: -a?d?(?)

Noun

insider (plural insiders)

1. A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.
   • 1923, "‘Big Board’ Failures," Time, 2 Jul.,

     Heavy losses were sustained in Simms Petroleum, which took a greater toll from supposed "Wall Street insiders" than from the general public.

   • 2007, Jonathan Clayton, "Profile: Zuma charmed wives and a nation," Times of London (UK), 19 Dec.,

     He is also an astute ANC insider who spent ten years on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela and the other “grandees” of the movement.
2. A person who is within an enclosed space.
   • 1849, Herman Melville, Redburn: His First Voyage, ch. 33,

     To the insider, the ceiling is like a small firmament twinkling with astral radiations.

Derived terms

• insider trading

Descendants

• German: Insider
• Japanese: ?????? (insaid?)

Translations

Anagrams

• irenids, neriids, sirenid

English

Etymology

outside +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?t?sa?d??/

Noun

outsider (plural outsiders)

1. One who is not part of a community or organization.

2. A newcomer with little or no experience in an organization or community.

3. A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot

Synonyms

• (someone excluded): stranger; see also Thesaurus:outcast or Thesaurus:foreigner
• (a newcomer): newling; see also Thesaurus:newcomer
• (a long shot): dark horse, little guy, underdog

Descendants

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Words for outsiders
• outsiders

Anagrams

• Rideouts, Tudorise, dries out, editours, iodurets, outrides, rideouts, rutoside, suitored, tudorise, turoside

Czech

Etymology

From English outsider.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?au?tsajdr?]
• Hyphenation: out?si?der

Noun

outsider m anim

1. Outsider, one who is not part of a community or organization. [since 20th c.]
2. Outsider, a competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning

Declension

Derived terms

• outsiderka
• outsiderský
• outsiderství

Further reading

• outsider in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• outsider in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

From English outsider.

Noun

outsider m (plural outsiders)

1. long shot, dark horse, outsider

Further reading

• “outsider” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• étourdis

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English outsider.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awt?saj.der/

Noun

outsider m or f (plural outsiders)

1. outsider

Polish

Etymology

From English outsider.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw?tsaj.d?r/

Noun

outsider m pers (feminine outsiderka)

1. outsider (someone excluded)
2. (sports) outsider (competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; long shot)
3. (economics) A company refusing to join a monopoly consisting of the majority of enterprises in a given industry.

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) outsiderski

Further reading

• outsider in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• outsider in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From English outsider.

Noun

outsider m or f (plural outsideres)

1. outsider