Outpointed vs Outpainted - What's the difference?
outpointed | outpainted |
(outpoint)
(sports) To score more points than (especially, in boxing, to achieve victory by scoring more points that one's opponent).
* 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 225:
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 2, author=Bernie Pramberg, title=Michael Katsidis chases return bout with Cuban great, work=Herald Sun
, passage=Speaking from the Philippines, where he easily outpointed Argentine Angel Hugo Ramirez in front of a sellout crowd of almost 10,000 on Saturday night, Katsidis said he was ready to fight in front of Australian fans after an absence of two years. }}
(nautical) To sail closer to the wind than (another ship).
As verbs the difference between outpointed and outpainted
is that outpointed is (outpoint) while outpainted is (outpaint).outpointed
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(en verb)- It was clear that the Queen, if she indeed proved to be the target, would be outpointed for grooming and hauteur.
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