different between periphery vs outskirts

English

Etymology

From Middle English periferie, from Old French peripherie, from Late Latin peripheria, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (periphéreia, “the line around the circle, circumference, part of a circle, an arc, the outer surface”), from ????????? (peripher?s, “moving around, round, circular”), from ???????? (periphér?, “I carry around, move around”), from ???? (perí, “around, about, near”) (English peri-) + ???? (phér?, “I bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p????f??i/
• Hyphenation US: pe?riph?ery; UK: per?iph?ery

Noun

periphery (plural peripheries)

1. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.

   The suburbs are a city's periphery.

2. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided in provinces.

Antonyms

• center

Related terms

• peripherad
• peripheral

Translations

Further reading

• periphery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• periphery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?tsk?ts/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a?tsk??ts/
• Hyphenation: out?skirts

Etymology 1

From out- +? skirt.

Noun

outskirts pl (plural only)

1. The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.

   He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

outskirts

1. plural of outskirt

Verb

outskirts

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outskirt