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Outwit vs Defeat - What's the difference?

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Outwit is a related term of defeat.


In lang=en terms the difference between outwit and defeat

is that outwit is to get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits while defeat is to reduce, to nothing, the strength of.

As verbs the difference between outwit and defeat

is that outwit is to get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits while defeat is to overcome in battle or contest.

As a noun defeat is

the act of defeating or being defeated.

outwit

English

Verb

(outwitt)
  • To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.

    • Synonyms

    *outfox, outguess, outsmart

    defeat

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To overcome in battle or contest.
    • Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
  • To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
  • * Tillotson
    • He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.
  • * A. W. Ward
    • In one instance he defeated his own purpose.
  • To nullify
  • * Hallam
    • The escheators defeated the right heir of his succession.

    Synonyms

    (To overcome in contest) * beat * conquer * overthrow * rout * vanquish

    Related terms

    * defeasance * defeasible * defeater * defeatism * defeatist * defeature

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of defeating or being defeated.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 13 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Two defeats in five games coming into this contest, and a draw with Everton, ultimately cost Sir Alex Ferguson's side in what became the most extraordinary finale to the league championship since Arsenal beat Liverpool at Anfield in 1989.}}