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Outvie vs Overtop - What's the difference?

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Outvie is a related term of overtop.


As verbs the difference between outvie and overtop

is that outvie is to outdo a competitor or rival while overtop is to be higher than, to rise over the top of.

outvie

English

Verb

  • To outdo a competitor or rival

    • overtop

    English

    Verb

    (overtopp)
  • To be higher than, to rise over the top of.
  • *1955 , William Golding, The Inheritors , Faber and Faber 2005, p. 79:
  • *:There was a single birch tree that overtopped the other trees on the island, and was now picked out against the moon-drenched sky.
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