The difference between Dated and Outdated
When used as adjectives, dated means marked with a date, whereas outdated means out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dated and Outdated
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Dated as an adjective:
Marked with a date.
Examples:
"The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922."
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Dated as an adjective:
Outdated.
Examples:
"Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus."
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Dated as an adjective:
Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.
Examples:
"Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else."
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Dated as an adjective:
No longer fashionable.
Examples:
"Slang can become dated very quickly."
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Dated as a verb:
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Outdated as an adjective:
Out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated.
Examples:
"His outdated wordprocessing software could not read the files I sent."
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Outdated as an adjective:
Out of date; not the latest; obsolete.
Examples:
"Your version of the document is outdated."