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Outsmart vs Sidestep - What's the difference?

outsmart | sidestep |

In transitive terms the difference between outsmart and sidestep

is that outsmart is to beat in a competition of wits while sidestep is to avoid or dodge.

As a noun sidestep is

a step to the side.

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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    sidestep

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A step to the side.
  • A motion, physical or metaphorical, to avoid or dodge something.

    • Verb

    (sidestepp)
  • To step to the side.
  • *1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 180:
  • *:I He sidestepped , and I went in.
  • To avoid or dodge.
  • :They sidestepped the issue.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Clive Lindsay , title=Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Kilmarnock ought to have taken the lead on the stroke of half-time when Hefferman set up Kroca and, although the defender neatly sidestepped his marker, he fired straight into the chest of Enckelman.}}