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Outwit vs Foil - What's the difference?

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Outwit is a related term of foil.


As verbs the difference between outwit and foil

is that outwit is to get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits while foil is to prevent (something) from being accomplished or foil can be (mathematics) to multiply two binomials together or foil can be (obsolete) to defile; to soil.

As a noun foil is

a very thin sheet of metal or foil can be failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage or foil can be (hunting) the track of an animal.

outwit

English

Verb

(outwitt)
  • To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.

    • Synonyms

    *outfox, outguess, outsmart

    foil

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A particular algorithm for multiplying two binomials.

    • External links

    * (projectlink)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To apply the FOIL algorithm to.

    • Anagrams

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