The difference between Fringe and Outskirts

When used as nouns, fringe means a decorative border, whereas outskirts means the area surrounding a city or town.

Fringe is also verb with the meaning: to decorate with fringe.

Fringe is also adjective with the meaning: outside the mainstream.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fringe and Outskirts

  1. Fringe as a noun:

    A decorative border.

    Examples:

    "the fringe of a picture"

  2. Fringe as a noun:

    A marginal or peripheral part.

  3. Fringe as a noun:

    Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.

  4. Fringe as a noun:

    The periphery of a town or city.

    Examples:

    "He lives in the fringe of London."

  5. 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."

  6. Fringe as a noun (physics):

    A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.

    Examples:

    "interference fringe"

  7. Fringe as a noun:

    Non-mainstream theatre.

    Examples:

    "The Fringe''; ''Edinburgh Fringe''; ''Adelaide Fringe"

  8. Fringe as a noun (botany):

    The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.

  9. Fringe as a noun (golf):

    The area around the green

  1. Fringe as an adjective:

    Outside the mainstream.

  1. Fringe as a verb (transitive):

    To decorate with fringe.

  2. Fringe as a verb (transitive):

    To serve as a fringe.

  1. Outskirts as a noun:

    The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.

    Examples:

    "He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time."

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