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Outsmart vs Outshine - What's the difference?

outsmart | outshine |

As verbs the difference between outsmart and outshine

is that outsmart is to beat in a competition of wits while outshine is to shine brighter than something else.

outsmart

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to beat in a competition of wits
  • *{{quote-news
    • , 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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    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.