The difference between Far and Outlying
When used as nouns, far means spelt (a type of wheat, triticum spelta), especially in the context of roman use of it, whereas outlying means a region relatively remote from a central location.
When used as adjectives, far means distant, whereas outlying means relatively remote from some central location.
Far is also adverb with the meaning: distant in space, time or degree.
check bellow for the other definitions of Far and Outlying
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Far as an adjective (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England):
Distant.
Examples:
"A far land."
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Far as an adjective:
Remote in space.
Examples:
"He went to a far country."
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Far as an adjective:
Remote in time.
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Far as an adjective:
Long.
Examples:
"It was a far adventure, full of danger."
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Far as an adjective:
More remote or longer of two.
Examples:
"He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end."
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Far as an adjective:
Extreme.
Examples:
"We are on the far right on this issue."
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Far as an adjective:
Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.
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Far as an adjective (computing, not comparable):
Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
Examples:
"'far heap; far memory; far pointer"
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Far as an adverb:
Distant in space, time or degree.
Examples:
"My house is quite far from the beach.  nowrap The plan is good, but it is far from being flawless."
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Far as an adverb:
To or from a great distance, time, or degree.
Examples:
"You have all come far and you will go farther."
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Far as an adverb (with a comparative):
Very much.
Examples:
"He was far richer than we'd thought."
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Far as a noun:
Spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta), especially in the context of Roman use of it.
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Far as a noun (UK, dialect):
A litter of piglets; a farrow.
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Outlying as an adjective:
Relatively remote from some central location.
Examples:
"The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament."
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Outlying as an adjective:
Located outside of some boundary or limit.
Examples:
"When the map was redrawn after the war, our cousin found herself living in outlying territory."
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Outlying as a noun:
A region relatively remote from a central location.