The difference between Outgoing and Shy
When used as nouns, outgoing means the act of leaving or going out, whereas shy means an act of throwing.
When used as adjectives, outgoing means extraverted: talkative, friendly, and social, especially with respect to meeting new people easily and comfortably, whereas shy means easily frightened.
Shy is also verb with the meaning: to avoid due to timidness or caution.
check bellow for the other definitions of Outgoing and Shy
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Outgoing as an adjective:
Extraverted: talkative, friendly, and social, especially with respect to meeting new people easily and comfortably.
Examples:
"Tom is very outgoing and enjoys meeting people; his brother, on the other hand, is painfully shy."
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Outgoing as an adjective (not comparable):
Going out, on its way out.
Examples:
"Is there any outgoing post?"
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Outgoing as an adjective (not comparable):
Being replaced in office (while still in office but after election has determined that he/she will be replaced).
Examples:
"The outgoing politician wasn't too disappointed he'd lost the election; he was tired of political infighting."
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Outgoing as a noun:
The act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.
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Outgoing as a noun (chiefly, in the plural):
Money that leaves one's possession; expenditure, outlay, expense.
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Outgoing as a noun:
The extreme limit; the place of ending.
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Outgoing as a verb:
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Shy as an adjective:
Easily frightened; timid.
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Shy as an adjective:
Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
Examples:
"He is very shy with strangers."
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Shy as an adjective:
Cautious; wary; suspicious.
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Shy as an adjective (informal):
Short, insufficient or less than.
Examples:
"By our count your shipment came up two shy of the bill of lading amount."
"It is just shy of a mile from here to their house."
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Shy as an adjective:
Embarrassed.
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Shy as a verb (intransitive):
To avoid due to timidness or caution.
Examples:
"I shy away from investment opportunities I don't understand."
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Shy as a verb (intransitive):
To jump back in fear.
Examples:
"The horse shied away from the rider, which startled him so much he shied away from the horse."
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Shy as a verb (transitive):
to throw sideways with a jerk; to fling
Examples:
"to shy a stone; to shy a slipper"
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Shy as a noun:
An act of throwing.
Examples:
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Shy as a noun:
A place for throwing.
Examples:
"coconut shy"
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Shy as a noun:
A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
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Shy as a noun:
In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.