The difference between Fringe and Mainstream
When used as nouns, fringe means a decorative border, whereas mainstream means that which is common.
When used as verbs, fringe means to decorate with fringe, whereas mainstream means to popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.
When used as adjectives, fringe means outside the mainstream, whereas mainstream means used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of a population or market.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fringe and Mainstream
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Fringe as a noun:
A decorative border.
Examples:
"the fringe of a picture"
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Fringe as a noun:
A marginal or peripheral part.
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Fringe as a noun:
Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.
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Fringe as a noun:
The periphery of a town or city.
Examples:
"He lives in the fringe of London."
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Fringe as a noun:
That part of the hair that hangs down above the eyes; bangs.
Examples:
"Her fringe is so long it covers her eyes."
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Fringe as a noun (physics):
A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
Examples:
"interference fringe"
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Fringe as a noun:
Non-mainstream theatre.
Examples:
"The Fringe''; ''Edinburgh Fringe''; ''Adelaide Fringe"
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Fringe as a noun (botany):
The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
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Fringe as a noun (golf):
The area around the green
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Fringe as an adjective:
Outside the mainstream.
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Fringe as a verb (transitive):
To decorate with fringe.
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Fringe as a verb (transitive):
To serve as a fringe.
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Mainstream as an adjective:
Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of a population or market.
Examples:
"They often carry stories you won't find in the mainstream media."
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Mainstream as a noun (usually, with ''the''):
That which is common; the norm.
Examples:
"His ideas were well outside the mainstream, but he presented them intelligently, and we were impressed if not convinced."
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Mainstream as a verb (transitive):
To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.
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Mainstream as a verb (intransitive):
To become mainstream.
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Mainstream as a verb (transitive, education):
To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.
Examples:
"'Mainstreaming has become more common in recent years, as studies have shown that many mainstreamed students with mild learning disabilities learn better than their non-mainstreamed counterparts."