Outshot vs Outshow - What's the difference?
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(outshoot)
(sports, US) To score more goals than the other side in a goal sport such as hockey or soccer
* {{quote-news, 2001, June 4, Andrew R. Tripaldi, SOCCER; Despite Being Outshot, the Power Upends the Breakers, The New York Times
, passage=Boston outshot New York by 16-10, including by 8-3 in the first half, but Gao Hong, the Power's goaltender, covered her zone impressively.}}
(archaic) To show or present publicly; exhibit openly.
To surpass or exceed in showing; exceed in being shown, especially in contest, competition, or rivalry.
*1873 , Cultivator and country gentleman: Volume 38:
*1902 , William George Bruce, William Conrad Bruce, National School Boards Association, The American school board journal: Volumes 24-25 :
That which is shown openly, evinced, or revealed.
*1871 , The American quarterly church review: Volume 22:
As verbs the difference between outshot and outshow
is that outshot is past tense of outshoot while outshow is to show or present publicly; exhibit openly.As a noun outshow is
that which is shown openly, evinced, or revealed.outshot
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- And yet the king did all their lookes outshow . ? Shakespeare.
- He blushed to see another Sun below, Ne durst again his fiery face outshow . ? Milton.
- Mazurka 13th, now owned by Mr. Streator, at ten years old Is dam of eight living calves at single births, and we don't know a cow of her age that can outshow her.
- Surely it is not vainglory nor a desire simply to outshow other nations which lead to the enormous expenditures involved in every international exposition.
Noun
(en noun)- We deal only with the facts, the outshow of the theory to which we object.