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Surpass vs Outtalk - What's the difference?

surpass | outtalk |

In transitive terms the difference between surpass and outtalk

is that surpass is to go beyond, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner; to exceed while outtalk is to outwit by talking.

surpass

English

Verb

(es)
  • To go beyond, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner; to exceed.
    • The former problem student surpassed his instructor's expectations and scored top marks on his examination.
    The heavy rains threatened to surpass the capabilities of the levee, endangering the town on the other side.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=“Two or three months more went by?; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”}}

    See also

    * exceed * excel * outdo * outstrip

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    outtalk

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To overpower, outdo, or surpass in talking.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 10, author=Adam Nagourney, title=Governor Clintonism?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=McAuliffe was no less gregarious toward his rivals, who were also making the rounds — Moran, a former state delegate, and State Senator R. Creigh Deeds — even as he outtalked , out-handshook, outspent, outhustled, outshouted and just plain outcampaigned them across Richmond. }}
  • To outwit by talking.