Outside and Within

Outside

Outside adverb - In or into the open air.
Usage example: go outside and smoke, if you must

Within is an antonym for outside in inside topic.

Nearby Word: outsider

Within

Within noun - An interior or internal part.
Usage example: structural decay had started from within

Outside is an antonym for within in inside topic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Light Novel / Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts No one within or outside the fourth wall listens to him as he utters out this trope word for word as he lampshades how Akihisa gets the FFF to try to confess to him.
  • He's nurtured a lot of talented chefs that now run restaurants of their own either within or outside of the Gordon Ramsay empire.
  • Neutral Evil Both Sideshow Bob and Fat Tony from The Simpsons qualify for this alignment pretty well, both being ultimately in it for themselves and working within or outside the law when it fits them.
    Source: Neutral Evil
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