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Surpass vs Eclipse - What's the difference?

surpass | eclipse |

As verbs the difference between surpass and eclipse

is that surpass is to go beyond, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner; to exceed while eclipse is .

surpass

English

Verb

(es)
  • To go beyond, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner; to exceed.
    • The former problem student surpassed his instructor's expectations and scored top marks on his examination.
    The heavy rains threatened to surpass the capabilities of the levee, endangering the town on the other side.
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    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=“Two or three months more went by?; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”}}

    See also

    * exceed * excel * outdo * outstrip

    External links

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    eclipse

    English

    (wikipedia eclipse)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects in which a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
  • A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
  • , decline, downfall
  • * , ''A Dictionary of the English Language , Volume 2, unnumbered page,
    • All the posterity of our first parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.
  • * 1820', '', '''1839 , ''The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley , page 340,
    • As in the soft and sweet eclipse , / When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
  • * 1929 , , (A House is Built) , Chapter VIII, Section ii
    • Nor were the wool prospects much better. The industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse .

    Derived terms

    * lunar eclipse * solar eclipse * total eclipse

    Related terms

    * ecliptic * ecliptical

    See also

    * occultation * syzygy

    Verb

  • Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
    • The Moon eclipsed the Sun.
  • To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
    • The student’s skills soon eclipsed those of his teacher.
  • * Shakespeare
    • My joy of liberty is half eclipsed .
  • (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.