Overt vs Outright - What's the difference?
overt | outright |
Open and not secret nor concealed.
Wholly, completely and entirely.
Openly and without reservation.
At once.
With no outstanding conditions.
(informal) Blatantly; inexcusably.
Unqualified and unreserved.
Total or complete.
Having no outstanding conditions.
* Deutsche Bundesbank,
(sports) To release a player , without conditions.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 30, author=Ben Shpigel, title=Martínez to Audition for Mets’ Brain Trust, work=New York Times
, passage=Sandy Alomar Jr. cleared waivers and was outrighted to Class AA Binghamton in preparation for his promotion when rosters expand Saturday. }}
As adjectives the difference between overt and outright
is that overt is open and not secret nor concealed while outright is unqualified and unreserved.As an adverb outright is
wholly, completely and entirely.As a verb outright is
(sports) to release a player , without conditions.overt
English
(wikipedia overt)Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* overtly * overtnessAntonyms
* covert * hiddenAnagrams
* * ----outright
English
Adverb
(-)- I refute those allegations outright .
- I have just responded outright to that question.
- Two people died outright and one more later.
- I have bought the house outright .
- That was an outright stupid thing to say.
Synonyms
* See alsoAdjective
(-)- I demand an outright apology.
- We achieved outright domination.
- Truths, half truths and outright lies.
- With little effort they found dozens of outright lies.
- He found a pattern of non-transparency and outright deception.
Outright transactions
- According to the general rules for Eurosystem monetary policy instruments and procedures, the outright' purchase and sale of securities on the market (' outright transactions) are among the standard open market operations used within the Eurosystem’s monetary policy framework.
- I made an outright purchase of the house.
- They don't seek outright independence, but rather greater autonomy.
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
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