The difference between Outsmart and Trump

When used as verbs, outsmart means to beat in a competition of wits, whereas trump means to play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.


Trump is also noun with the meaning: the suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.

check bellow for the other definitions of Outsmart and Trump

  1. Outsmart as a verb (transitive):

    To beat in a competition of wits.

  1. Trump as a noun (cards):

    The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.

    Examples:

    "Diamonds were declared trump(s)."

  2. Trump as a noun (cards):

    A playing card of that suit.

    Examples:

    "He played an even higher trump."

  3. Trump as a noun (figuratively):

    Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.

  4. Trump as a noun (colloquial, now, _, rare):

    An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.

  5. Trump as a noun:

    An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Decker"

  6. Trump as a noun:

    A card of the major arcana of the tarot.

  1. Trump as a verb (transitive, cards):

    To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.

    Examples:

    "He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped."

  2. Trump as a verb (intransitive, cards):

    To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.

  3. Trump as a verb (transitive):

    To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.

  4. Trump as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To impose unfairly; to palm off.

  5. Trump as a verb (transitive):

    To supersede.

    Examples:

    "In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues."

  1. Trump as a noun (archaic):

    A trumpet.

  2. Trump as a noun (slang, UK, childish, vulgar):

    Flatulence.

  3. Trump as a noun:

    The noise made by an elephant through its trunk.

  1. Trump as a verb:

    To blow a trumpet.

  2. Trump as a verb (intransitive, slang, UK, childish, vulgar):

    To flatulate.

    Examples:

    "And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed."

  1. Trump as a noun (dated, musical instrument):

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