foreign vs outward

foreign

adj
  • Located outside a country or place, especially one's own. 

  • Alien; strange. 

  • Relating to a different nation. 

  • Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system. 

  • From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation. 

  • Belonging to a different organization, company etc. 

  • Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion. 

noun
  • An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits. 

  • A foreigner: a person from another country. 

  • A foreign whip, a car produced abroad. 

outward

adj
  • outer; located towards the outside 

  • visible, noticeable 

  • Tending to the exterior or outside. 

adv
  • Towards the outside; away from the centre. 

noun
  • A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital. 

How often have the words foreign and outward occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )