Outdoes vs Exceeds - What's the difference?
outdoes | exceeds |
(outdo)
To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
(exceed)
To be larger, greater than (something).
To be better than (something).
To go beyond (some limit); to surpass, outstrip or transcend.
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To predominate.
(obsolete) To overdo.
As verbs the difference between outdoes and exceeds
is that outdoes is (outdo) while exceeds is (exceed).outdoes
English
Verb
(head)outdo
English
Verb
Synonyms
* (to surpass) to outperform, to outrivalReferences
* * English irregular verbsexceeds
English
Verb
(head)exceed
English
Alternative forms
* excede (dated)Verb
(en verb)- The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.
- The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.
- Name the time, but let it not / Exceed three days.
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