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Outweigh vs Outclass - What's the difference?

outweigh | outclass |

As verbs the difference between outweigh and outclass

is that outweigh is to exceed in weight or mass while outclass is to surpass something or somebody else, so as to appear to be in a higher class.

outweigh

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To exceed in weight or mass.
  • To exceed in importance or value.
  • *
    • The advantage was so great that it would have taken a lot of failures to outweigh it.

    outclass

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • to surpass something or somebody else, so as to appear to be in a higher class
  • * In the IQ test, he outclassed all the other applicants
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek. }}