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Outdo vs Outtalk - What's the difference?

outdo | outtalk |

In lang=en terms the difference between outdo and outtalk

is that outdo is to excel; go beyond in performance; surpass while outtalk is to outwit by talking.

As verbs the difference between outdo and outtalk

is that outdo is to excel; go beyond in performance; surpass while outtalk is to overpower, outdo, or surpass in talking.

outdo

English

Verb

  • To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.

    • Synonyms

    * (to surpass) to outperform, to outrival

    References

    * * English irregular verbs

    outtalk

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To overpower, outdo, or surpass in talking.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 10, author=Adam Nagourney, title=Governor Clintonism?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=McAuliffe was no less gregarious toward his rivals, who were also making the rounds — Moran, a former state delegate, and State Senator R. Creigh Deeds — even as he outtalked , out-handshook, outspent, outhustled, outshouted and just plain outcampaigned them across Richmond. }}
  • To outwit by talking.