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Outmoded vs Traditional - What's the difference?

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Outmoded is a related term of traditional.


As adjectives the difference between outmoded and traditional

is that outmoded is unfashionable while traditional is of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the scriptures.

As a verb outmoded

is (outmode).

outmoded

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • unfashionable
  • His pipe was as outmoded as his ideas.
  • obsolete
  • His outmoded word processor was a heap of junk.
    His outmoded record player is now useless.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (outmode)
  • traditional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
  • I think her traditional values are antiquated .
  • Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
  • In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
  • Antonyms

    * nontraditional, non-traditional * untraditional

    Derived terms

    * traditionally