different between outrun vs outgun

English

Etymology

out- +? run

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?n
• IPA^(key): /?a?t??n/

Verb

outrun (third-person singular simple present outruns, present participle outrunning, simple past outran, past participle outrun)

1. (transitive) To run faster than.

   Can a tiger outrun a lion?

2. (transitive) To exceed or overextend.
   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 164

     They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 28

     […] as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.

Translations

Noun

outrun (plural outruns)

1. (skiing) In ski jumping, the flat or uphill area past the landing point, where the skier can slow down.

   Coordinate term: inrun

2. (sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.

References

• outrun in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• outrun in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• run out, run-out, runout

English

Alternative forms

• out-gun

Etymology

out- +? gun

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?a?t???n/

Verb

outgun (third-person singular simple present outguns, present participle outgunning, simple past and past participle outgunned)

1. (transitive) To defeat in terms of firepower.
   • 1917, H.G. Wells, War and the Future,

     Two can play at destructive industrialism, and now we out-gun you. We are piling up munitions now faster than you.

   • 1922, Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood,

     "Boarding is our only chance here. We are too heavily outgunned."

   • 1994, Bill Clinton, State of the Union Address,

     There is no sporting purpose on earth that should stop the United States Congress from banishing assault weapons that outgun police and cut down children.