What's the difference between outbalance and outweigh?
Outbalance
Definition:
(v. t.) To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect.
Example Sentences:
(1) The benefits to be achieved should at least outbalance the costs.
Outweigh
Definition:
(v. t.) To exceed in weight or value.
Example Sentences:
(1) "And in my judgment, when the balance is struck, the factors for granting relief in this case easily outweigh the factors against.
(2) In 20 years, our children may well be able to look back and say with relief that the continuities with the past outweigh the differences once again.
(3) After considering the advantages and disadvantages of preclinical laboratory exercises, they conclude that the former still outweigh the latter.
(4) Psychological benefits resulting from the cosmetic improvement may outweigh the probability of recurrences in this rare condition.
(5) The benefits of treating diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 115 mm Hg are indisputable; the benefits of treating milder hypertension, i.e., diastolic blood pressure between 90 and 114 mm Hg, probably outweigh the risks, but controversy persists.
(6) The cost in educational underachievement would far outweigh any savings made by cuts.
(7) These results suggest that the increased lytic potential resulting from binding of small amounts of C9 to C5b-8 complexes is outweighed by enhanced elimination of complexes resulting in decreased cell death.
(8) The coupling together of 10 nephrons per se impairs autoregulation of renal blood flow compared to that of a single nephron model, but this effect is more than outweighed by greater control resistance in deep arterioles.
(9) Because warfarin carries a significant risk to the fetus of anomalies and hemorrhage, its use during pregnancy should be reserved for those circumstances in which the benefits of such therapy outweigh the risks.
(10) Consequently, men's SES and their willingness and ability to invest affection and resources in relationships may often outweigh the effects of their physical attractiveness in women's actual selection of partners.
(11) The writers cite a recent survey of social workers by the publication Community Care, which revealed that 73% of social workers questioned said they were unable to do their job properly, leaving children at risk because demand outweighs resources.Their unusual intervention came as the founder of Kids Company, Camila Batmanghelidjh , launched an independent taskforce to design a new way of delivering child protection and child wellbeing services.
(12) However, the possible added risk in a healthly young woman would not be expected to outweigh all other considerations.
(13) Both physician and patient need to determine whether the benefit of prophylaxis outweighs the inconvenience and possible side effects of the medication used.
(14) These results will permit sounder judgments of whether the risks of CNS radiotherapy outweigh the known benefits.
(15) The short-term nutritional disadvantage of malabsorption is outweighed by the long-term advantage of being parasite-free.
(16) Evidence from recent studies suggests that the benefits of aggressive therapy with early thrombolysis may outweigh the risks.
(17) The future good resulting from tubal ligation must outweigh the intrinsic harm.
(18) Some European officials, including senior British figures, argue that the gains in efficiency achieved by appointing an international envoy with vice regal authority would be outweighed by the Kabul government's further loss of legitimacy.
(19) Until further information is known, BCG vaccinations should not be given to symptomatic HIV-infected individuals and should only be given to HIV-infected children who are asymptomatic and who reside in areas where tuberculosis is highly endemic and where the risk of tuberculosis may outweigh the potential complications of BCG immunization.
(20) The authors believe that the hazards associated with these implants outweigh their advantages for primary use, but suggest their use for secondary procedures in patients who have had recurrent problems with smooth implants.