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Sustain vs Outstand - What's the difference?

sustain | outstand |

In lang=en terms the difference between sustain and outstand

is that sustain is to confirm, prove, or corroborate while outstand is to stand over; remain untouched, unimpaired, unsettled, uncollected, unpaid, or otherwise undetermined.

As verbs the difference between sustain and outstand

is that sustain is to maintain, or keep in existence while outstand is to resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding.

As a noun sustain

is (music) a mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.

sustain

English

Noun

(wikipedia sustain) (en noun)
  • (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To maintain, or keep in existence.
  • To provide for or nourish.
  • provisions to sustain an army
  • To encourage (something ).
  • To experience or suffer (an injury, etc. ).
  • * Dryden
  • Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain ?
  • * Shakespeare
  • You shall sustain more new disgraces.
  • To confirm, prove, or corroborate.
  • to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition
  • To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
  • A foundation sustains''' the superstructure; an animal '''sustains''' a load; a rope '''sustains a weight.
  • To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • * Dryden
  • his sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain

    Derived terms

    * sustainable * sustainedly

    outstand

    English

    Verb

  • To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding.
  • To surpass in standing; stand or remain beyond; outstay.
  • To project outward from the main body; stand out prominently; be prominent.
  • To stand out to sea.
  • To stand over; remain untouched, unimpaired, unsettled, uncollected, unpaid, or otherwise undetermined.
  • outstanding contracts

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)