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Outdo vs Outshine - What's the difference?

outdo | outshine |

As verbs the difference between outdo and outshine

is that outdo is to excel; go beyond in performance; surpass while outshine is to shine brighter than something else.

outdo

English

Verb

  • To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.

    • Synonyms

    * (to surpass) to outperform, to outrival

    References

    * * English irregular verbs

    outshine

    English

    Verb

  • to shine brighter than something else
  • to exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=December 29 , author=Paul Doyle , title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=Four minutes later Walcott, who until then had been redundant as a lone striker owing to one-star service, was given his first decent pass of the game and duly took his chance to outshine the Senegalese, springing a poorly conceived offside trap to collect Lukas Podolski's ball and stroke a low 15-yard shot past Tim Krul and into the far corner. }}
  • To shine forth.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Bright, outshining beams.