Advance vs Leapfrog - What's the difference?

In intransitive terms the difference between advance and leapfrog

is that advance is to move forwards, to approach while leapfrog is to progress as in leapfrog.

As verbs the difference between advance and leapfrog

is that advance is to bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on while leapfrog is to jump over some obstacle as in leapfrog.

As nouns the difference between advance and leapfrog

is that advance is a forward move; improvement or progression while leapfrog is a children's game in which players vault over each other's stooped backs.

As an adjective advance

is completed before need or a milestone event.

advance

English

Alternative forms

* advaunce

Verb

(advanc)

To bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.

(obsolete) To raise; to elevate.

They advanced their eyelids. — Shakespeare

To raise to a higher rank; to promote.

* Bible, Esther iii. 1

Ahasueres advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes.

* Prescott

This, however, was in time evaded by the monarchs, who advanced certain of their own retainers to a level with the ancient peers of the land

To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.

to advance the ripening of fruit

to advance one's interests

To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show.

to advance an argument

* Alexander Pope

Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own.

To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.

To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand.

Merchants often advance money on a contract or on goods consigned to them.

To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate.

to advance the price of goods

To move forwards, to approach.

He rose from his chair and advanced to greet me.

(obsolete) To extol; to laud.

* Spenser

greatly advancing his gay chivalry

Synonyms

* raise, elevate, exalt, aggrandize, improve, heighten, accelerate, allege, adduce, assign

Derived terms

* advancement * in advance * in advance of

Noun

(en noun)

A forward move; improvement or progression.

an advance in health or knowledge

an advance in rank or office

An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.

* Jay

I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances .

* Kent

The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made.

An addition to the price; rise in price or value.

an advance on the prime cost of goods

(in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.

* Jonathan Swift

[He] made the like advances to the dissenters.

* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), , chapter 4:

As the sun fell, so did our spirits. I had tried to make advances to the girl again; but she would have none of me, and so I was not only thirsty but otherwise sad and downhearted.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Completed before need or a milestone event.

He made an advance payment on the prior shipment to show good faith.

Preceding.

The advance man came a month before the candidate.

Forward.

The scouts found a site for an advance base.

Derived terms

* advance person

leapfrog

English

Noun

(wikipedia leapfrog) (en noun)

(games) A children's game in which players vault over each other's stooped backs.

Derived terms

* leapfrogger

Verb

(leapfrogg)

To jump over some obstacle as in leapfrog .

To overtake

This new product will leapfrog the competition.

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(military) To advance by engaging enemy with one unit while the other moves further forward.

To progress as in leapfrog .