different between overdraw vs outdraw

English

Etymology

From over- +? draw.

Verb

overdraw (third-person singular simple present overdraws, present participle overdrawing, simple past overdrew, past participle overdrawn)

1. To withdraw more money from an account than there is credit; to make an overdraft
2. (archery) To use a device for shooting arrows shorter than the draw of the bow.
3. (dated) To exaggerate.
4. (computer graphics) To draw over the top of existing content.

Translations

Noun

overdraw (countable and uncountable, plural overdraws)

1. (computer graphics) The process by which, during the rendering of a three-dimensional scene, a pixel is replaced by one that is closer to the viewpoint, as determined by their Z coordinates.

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

• advowrer, wardrove

English

Etymology

From Middle English outdrauen, outdrawen, from Old English ?tdragan, from Proto-Germanic *?tdragan?, equivalent to out- +? draw. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutdreege, West Frisian útdrage (“to carry out”), Dutch uitdragen (“to carry out”), German austragen (“to deal with; deliver”), Icelandic útdraga (“to extract; draw out”).

Verb

outdraw (third-person singular simple present outdraws, present participle outdrawing, simple past outdrew, past participle outdrawn)

1. To extract or draw out.
2. (Wild West) To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.
   • 1984, Leonard Cohen, "Hallelujah" (song)

     Well maybe there's a God above, but all I've ever learned from love, was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you.

3. To attract a larger crowd than.
4. To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.
   • 2003, Bhob Stewart, Bill Pearson, Roger Hill, Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood (page 313)

     Certainly he could outdraw just about anybody, and he knew how to tell a story, seamlessly weaving words and pictures together.

Anagrams

• draw out, outward