What is the difference between "outdoor" and "outside"?
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Outside implies that the object or action is not inside a given environment (not just a building, it can be any space or container); whereas outdoor(s) implies that it is simply not inside a building. In other words, outdoors is a more specific way to say that someone or something is outside of a building; whereas outside can be used to describe any instance of someone or something not being in(side) something else.
Outdoors (you normally add an "s") vs. Indoors
Outdoors means in nature, not inside any buildings; for example, sometimes, we describe nature as "the great outdoors"
Indoors means inside of some type of buiding; for example, "we should be indoors during this bad weather"
Outside vs. Inside
Outside means not "in"; for example, "the shoe is outside of the shoe box" (the shoe is beside its shoe box); it can also mean outdoors; for example, "let's go play outside" (outside can mean in the front yard)
Inside means not "out"; so, for example, "the spider is inside of my shoe"; it can also mean indoors; for example, "let's go back inside. It's too hot out here"
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