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Outsmart vs Outmaneuver - What's the difference?

outsmart | outmaneuver |

As verbs the difference between outsmart and outmaneuver

is that outsmart is to beat in a competition of wits while outmaneuver is (us) to perform movements more adroitly or successfully.

outsmart

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to beat in a competition of wits
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    • , year=2012 , date=May 13 , author=Andrew Benson , title=Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Maldonado, who is in only his second season in Formula 1, won the Spanish Grand Prix after his team outsmarted Ferrari with pit-stop timing.}}

    Synonyms

    * outfox, outguess, outwit

    Anagrams

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    outmaneuver

    English

    Alternative forms

    * , outmanoeuvre

    Verb

  • (US) To perform movements more adroitly or successfully.