different between outlay vs outplay

English

Etymology

From out- +? lay.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /?a?tle?/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /a?t?le?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

outlay (countable and uncountable, plural outlays)

1. A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
2. The spending of money, or an expenditure.

   Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car.

3. (archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
   • c. 1609, Francis Beaumont, Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding

     I know her and her haunts, Her lays, leaps, and outlays, and will discover all.

Translations

Verb

outlay (third-person singular simple present outlays, present participle outlaying, simple past and past participle outlaid)

1. (transitive) To lay or spread out; expose; display.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)

2. (transitive) To spend, or distribute money.

Translations

Anagrams

• lay out, lay-out, layout

English

Etymology

out- +? play

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?

Verb

outplay (third-person singular simple present outplays, present participle outplaying, simple past and past participle outplayed)

1. To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than.

   We were outplayed at tennis, but we outplayed them at football.

Anagrams

• play out, playout