The difference between Foreign and Other

When used as nouns, foreign means a foreigner: a person from another country, whereas other means an other one, more often rendered as another.

When used as adjectives, foreign means located outside a country or place, especially one's own, whereas other means see other (determiner) below.

Other is also determiner with the meaning: not the one or ones previously referred to.

Other is also adverb with the meaning: apart from.

Other is also verb with the meaning: to regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group.

check bellow for the other definitions of Foreign and Other

  1. Foreign as an adjective:

    Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

    Examples:

    "foreign markets''; ''foreign soil"

    "He liked visiting foreign cities."

  2. Foreign as an adjective:

    Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.

    Examples:

    "foreign car''; ''foreign word''; ''foreign citizen''; ''foreign trade"

    "There are many more foreign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started."

  3. Foreign as an adjective:

    Relating to a different nation.

    Examples:

    "foreign policy''; ''foreign navies"

  4. Foreign as an adjective:

    Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.

    Examples:

    "foreign body''; ''foreign substance''; ''foreign gene''; ''foreign species"

  5. Foreign as an adjective (with ''to'', formerly with ''from''):

    Alien; strange.

    Examples:

    "It was completely foreign to their way of thinking."

  6. Foreign as an adjective (obsolete):

    Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.

  7. Foreign as an adjective (US, state, _, legal):

    From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.

  8. Foreign as an adjective:

    Belonging to a different organization, company etc.

    Examples:

    "My bank charges me $2.50 every time I use a foreign ATM."

  9. Foreign as an adjective:

    Outside, outdoors, outdoor.

  1. Foreign as a noun:

    A foreign person, particularly: A foreigner: a person from another country. An outsider: a person from another place or group. A non-guildmember.

  2. Foreign as a noun (obsolete):

    A foreign ship.

  3. Foreign as a noun:

    an outhouse.

  4. Foreign as a noun:

    A foreign area, particularly: An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits. An area of a monastery outside its legal limits or serving as an outer court.

  5. Foreign as a noun:

    Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.

  1. Other as an adjective:

    See other (determiner) below

  2. Other as an adjective:

    second.

    Examples:

    "I get paid every other week."

  3. Other as an adjective:

    Alien.

  4. Other as an adjective:

    Different.

  5. Other as an adjective (obsolete):

    Left, as opposed to right.

  1. Other as a noun:

    An other one, more often rendered as another.

    Examples:

    "I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others."

  2. Other as a noun:

    The other one; the second of two.

    Examples:

    "One boat is not better than the other."

  1. Other as an adverb:

    Apart from; in the phrase "other than".

    Examples:

    "Other than that, I'm fine."

  2. Other as an adverb (obsolete):

    Otherwise.

    Examples:

    "It shall none other be.'' — Chaucer."

    "If you think other.'' — Shakespeare."

  1. Other as a verb (transitive):

    To regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.

  2. Other as a verb (transitive):

    To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.

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