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Circumpass vs Circumvent - What's the difference?

circumpass | circumvent |

As verbs the difference between circumpass and circumvent

is that circumpass is to go around; to span while circumvent is to avoid or get around something; to bypass.

circumpass

English

Verb

(es)
  • To go around; to span.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:Pythagoras'' hath made God, a spirit dispersed through the Nature of all things, whence our soules are derived. ''Parmenides , a Circle circumpassing the heavens, and by the heat of light maintaining the world.

    • circumvent

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to avoid or get around something; to bypass
  • to surround or besiege
  • to outwit or outsmart

    • Related terms

    * circumvention * circumventive