Fox outsmarted rabbit with cunning plan.

Meaning: The fox used a clever plan to trick the rabbit and win the contest.

Choice of Words: Outsmarted means to be more clever or cunning than someone else and to win a contest or argument as a result. Cunning means clever and skillful in achieving your goals, often in a way that is not honest or fair. Plan means a set of actions that you intend to take in order to achieve a goal.

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The fox was smarter than the rabbit and used a clever plan to beat it.

Meaning: This means that the fox used its intelligence to come up with a clever plan to beat the rabbit.

Choice of Words: The fox is the animal that is known for being clever and cunning. Was smarter means to have more intelligence than someone else. Than is used to compare two things. The rabbit is the animal that is often portrayed as being quick and agile. Used means to put something into action. A clever plan is a course of action that is designed to achieve a goal and requires intelligence to come up with. When you put them together, "The fox was smarter than the rabbit and used a clever plan to beat it" means that the fox had more intelligence than the rabbit and used its cleverness to come up with a plan to beat it.

The fox tricked the rabbit with a clever plan.

Meaning: This means that the fox used its intelligence to come up with a clever plan to beat the rabbit.

Choice of Words: The fox is the animal that is known for being clever and cunning. Tricked means to deceive someone into doing something. The rabbit is the animal that is often portrayed as being quick and agile. With is used to show the means by which something is done. A clever plan is a course of action that is designed to achieve a goal and requires intelligence to come up with. When you put them together, "The fox tricked the rabbit with a clever plan" means that the fox used its cleverness to come up with a plan to deceive the rabbit.

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