The difference between Outgoing and Withdrawn

When used as adjectives, outgoing means extraverted: talkative, friendly, and social, especially with respect to meeting new people easily and comfortably, whereas withdrawn means removed from circulation.


Outgoing is also noun with the meaning: the act of leaving or going out.

check bellow for the other definitions of Outgoing and Withdrawn

  1. 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."

  2. Outgoing as an adjective (not comparable):

    Going out, on its way out.

    Examples:

    "Is there any outgoing post?"

  3. 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."

  1. Outgoing as a noun:

    The act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.

  2. Outgoing as a noun (chiefly, in the plural):

    Money that leaves one's possession; expenditure, outlay, expense.

  3. Outgoing as a noun:

    The extreme limit; the place of ending.

  1. Outgoing as a verb:

  1. Withdrawn as an adjective:

    removed from circulation

    Examples:

    "a withdrawn library book"

  2. Withdrawn as an adjective:

    introverted; not inclined to interact with other people

    Examples:

    "a withdrawn child"

  1. Withdrawn as a verb: