different between outlier vs outlying

English

Etymology

From outlie +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?t?la??(?)/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /???t?la??/

Noun

outlier (plural outliers)

1. A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
2. (geology) A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
3. (statistics) A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.

Antonyms

• inlier

Translations

English

Etymology

From outlie (Etymology 2) +? -ing.

Adjective

outlying (comparative more outlying, superlative most outlying)

1. Relatively remote from some central location.

2. Located outside of some boundary or limit.

Synonyms

• (relatively remote): distant, far; see also Thesaurus:distant

Related terms

• outlier

Translations

Noun

outlying (plural outlyings)

1. A region relatively remote from a central location.
   • 1975, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution, Water Pollution Control Act of 1972: Effect on Small Communities

     The other areas and the outlyings will have to come in at a later date, although the council wrestles with that periodically. But the amount of money involved would be substantial.

References

• “outlying” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• outlying in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.