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Outweigh vs Outgrow - What's the difference?

outweigh | outgrow |

As verbs the difference between outweigh and outgrow

is that outweigh is to exceed in weight or mass while outgrow is to become too big or mature for some purpose.

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.

    outgrow

    English

    Verb

  • To become too big or mature for some purpose.
  • ''Poor boys often have to wear whatever a big brother has outgrown .
  • To leave some object, habit, belief ... behind, no longer need or use it, as one grows.
  • To grow faster or taller than something or someone else.
  • ''The best adapted plant varieties tend to outgrow the other.

    Derived terms

    * outgrowth

    References

    * * English irregular verbs