Aloof vs Outgoing - What's the difference?
aloof | outgoing |
At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
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Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
(obsolete) away from; clear of
* Milton
Comfortable in social settings and interactions; confident in dealing with people especially in meeting new people; gregarious.
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(not comparable) Going out, on its way out.
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(not comparable) Being replaced in office (while still in office but after election has determined that he/she will be replaced).
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The act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.
* Bible, Psalms lxv. 8
* Jonathan Edwards
(chiefly, in the plural) Money that leaves one's possession; expenditure, outlay, expense
The extreme limit; the place of ending.
* Bible, Josh, xviii. 19
As adjectives the difference between aloof and outgoing
is that aloof is reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish while outgoing is comfortable in social settings and interactions; confident in dealing with people especially in meeting new people; gregarious.As an adverb aloof
is at or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.As a preposition aloof
is (obsolete) away from; clear of.As a noun outgoing is
the act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.As a verb outgoing is
.aloof
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Adverb
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Adjective
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* See alsoPreposition
(English prepositions)- Rivetus would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands.
outgoing
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Tom is very outgoing and enjoys meeting people; his brother, on the other hand, is painfully shy.
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- Quieter parents, who prefer a less stimulating lifestyle, may be baffled and challenged by these same outgoing kids.
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- The outgoing former leader may have difficulty slowing down, being reflective, and studying and may be insensitive in a close relationship.
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- Think of it this way: Some people are more outgoing , while others are more reserved.
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- Twelve-year-old Emma-Rose Paley has always felt very different from her bubbly, outgoing parents.
- Is there any outgoing post?
- In the neighborhood of each defensive sea area the following entrances are designated for incoming and outgoing' vessels: ''Atlantic''. Designated entrance for outgoing vessels: Canal prism.
- There is struggle for food, accentuated by the fact that small items tend to be swept away by the outgoing tide or to sink down the slope to deep water.
- By KRIYA, the outgoing life force is not wasted and abused in the senses, but constrained to reunite with subtler spinal energies.
- The outgoing politician wasn't too disappointed he'd lost the election; he was tired of political infighting.
- that, by an arrangement between the outgoing' and incoming marshal, the latter was to have the fees earned upon all writs in the hands of the deputies of the former at the date the office changed hands. It further appeared that the ' outgoing marshal made no claim to these fees.
- The outgoing Board of Governors shall designate for membership on the Board the ten members most advanced in the technology of atomic energy including the production of source materials,
- As of this day too, the Seventh Development Cabinet is outgoing and to the ministers I express my thanks.
Antonyms
* incomingDerived terms
* outgoingly * outgoingnessNoun
(en noun)- the outgoings of the morning and evening
- The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan.