Outrun vs Outweigh - What's the difference?
outrun | outweigh |
To run faster than the others.
To exceed or overextend.
* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 164
* 1851 ,
(sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.
As verbs the difference between outrun and outweigh
is that outrun is to run faster than the others while outweigh is to exceed in weight or mass.As a noun outrun
is the sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.outrun
English
Verb
- They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money.
- [...] as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.