Outgoing vs Frank - What's the difference?
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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
honest, especially in an manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
(medicine) unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident
(obsolete) Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
* Spenser
(obsolete) Liberal; generous; profuse.
* L'Estrange
(obsolete, derogatory) Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
(uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
* Cowper
(countable) The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
To place a frank on an envelope.
* 1811 , Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility , chapter 20
To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
To send by public conveyance free of expense.
A hot dog or sausage.
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To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
Outgoing is a related term of frank.
As nouns the difference between outgoing and frank
is that outgoing is the act of leaving or going out; exit, departure while frank is one of the franks, a germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now france, the low countries and germany.As an adjective outgoing
is comfortable in social settings and interactions; confident in dealing with people especially in meeting new people; gregarious.As a verb outgoing
is .As a proper noun frank is
.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.
Synonyms
* outgangVerb
(head)Anagrams
*frank
English
(wikipedia frank)Etymology 1
From (etyl) , in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks .Adjective
(er)- May I be frank with you?
- The research probes whether treating pre-diabetes with metformin can prevent progression to frank diabetes.
- It is of frank gift.
- Frank of civilities that cost them nothing.
- (Spenser)
Noun
(en noun)- I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank , I must burn my letter and begin again.
Verb
(en verb)- It will be so ridiculous to see all his letters directed to him with an M.P.—But do you know, he says, he will never frank for me?
- (Charles Dickens)
Etymology 2
Shortened form of frankfurter.Noun
(en noun)- Buy a package of franks for the barbecue.
Synonyms
* frankfurt * frankfurterSee also
* sav * savaloyEtymology 3
Etymology 4
(etyl) franc.Verb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)