different between outwit vs hoodwink

English

Etymology

From out- +? wit.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /a?t?w?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Verb

outwit (third-person singular simple present outwits, present participle outwitting, simple past and past participle outwitted)

1. (transitive) To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.

Synonyms

• outfox, outguess, outsmart, overreach

Translations

English

Etymology

The verb is derived from hood (“head covering attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak”) +? wink (“to close one’s eyes”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?dw??k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?d?w??k/
• Hyphenation: hood?wink

Verb

hoodwink (third-person singular simple present hoodwinks, present participle hoodwinking, simple past and past participle hoodwinked)

1. (transitive, archaic) To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold. [from mid 16th c.]
2. (transitive, figuratively)
   1. To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead.
   2. (archaic) To hide or obscure.
3. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To close the eyes.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• hoodwinkable
• hoodwinked (adjective)
• hoodwinker
• hoodwinking (noun)

Translations

Noun

hoodwink (countable and uncountable, plural hoodwinks)

1. (countable) An act of hiding from sight, or something that cloaks or hides another thing from view.
2. (Britain, games, obsolete, uncountable) The game of blind man's buff.

   Synonym: (obsolete) hoodman-blind

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References

Further reading

• hoodwink (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia