Outsmart vs Sidestep - What's the difference?
outsmart | sidestep |
to beat in a competition of wits
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To step to the side.
*1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 180:
*:I He sidestepped , and I went in.
To avoid or dodge.
:They sidestepped the issue.
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In transitive terms the difference between outsmart and sidestep
is that outsmart is to beat in a competition of wits while sidestep is to avoid or dodge.As a noun sidestep is
a step to the side.outsmart
English
Verb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Maldonado, who is in only his second season in Formula 1, won the Spanish Grand Prix after his team outsmarted Ferrari with pit-stop timing.}}
Synonyms
* outfox, outguess, outwitAnagrams
*sidestep
English
Verb
(sidestepp)citation, page= , passage=Kilmarnock ought to have taken the lead on the stroke of half-time when Hefferman set up Kroca and, although the defender neatly sidestepped his marker, he fired straight into the chest of Enckelman.}}