Difference between Outlast and Outlive

What is the difference between Outlast and Outlive?

Outlast as a verb is to live, last or remain longer than something else while Outlive as a verb is to live longer than.

Outlast

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to live, last or remain longer than something else

Example sentence: The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.

Outlive

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To live longer than.

Example sentence: The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it; records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.

We hope you now know whether to use Outlast or Outlive in your sentence.

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