Maneuver vs Outmaneuver - What's the difference?
maneuver | outmaneuver |
(en noun) (American spelling)
A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
(often, in the plural) A large training field-exercise of military troops.
An adroit or cunning action; a stratagem.
To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
(figurative) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
(figurative) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
:: ''The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts
(US) To perform movements more adroitly or successfully.
As verbs the difference between maneuver and outmaneuver
is that maneuver is to move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position while outmaneuver is (us) to perform movements more adroitly or successfully.As a noun maneuver
is a movement, often one performed with difficulty.maneuver
English
Alternative forms
* manoeuvre (Commonwealth) * maneuvre, manoeuver (nonstandard) *Noun
- Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver .
- The army was on maneuvers .
- Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.