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Bypass vs Overpass - What's the difference?

bypass | overpass |

As nouns the difference between bypass and overpass

is that bypass is a road that passes around something, such as a residential area while overpass is a section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.

As verbs the difference between bypass and overpass

is that bypass is to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass while overpass is to pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road.

bypass

English

Noun

(wikipedia bypass) (bypasses)
  • a road that passes around something, such as a residential area
  • a circumvention
  • a section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture
  • an electrical shunt
  • (medicine) an alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass

    • Verb

    (es)
  • to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass
  • to ignore the usual channels or procedures

    • Related terms

    * antibypass * bypasser * coronary artery bypass

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    overpass

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A section of a road or path that es over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.
    • The homeless man had built a little shelter, complete with cook-stove, beneath a concrete overpass .

    Synonyms

    flyover (UK)

    Antonyms

    underpass (US&UK) subway (UK)

    See also

    * underpass * overbridge

    Verb

    (es)
  • To pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road.
    • Gillian watched the overpassing shoppers on the second floor of the mall, as she relaxed in the bench on the ground floor.
  • To exceed, overstep, or transcend a limit, threshold, or goal.
    • (Robert Browning)
    Marshall was really overpassing his authority when he ordered the security guards to fire their tasers at the trespassers.
    The precocious student had really overpassed her peers, and was reading books written for children several years older.
  • To disregard, skip, or miss something.
    • "Don't overpass those cheeses; they're really quite excellent!" gushed Terry, pointing to the buffet table.
  • * Milton
    • All the beauties of the East / He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed .

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