Transcend vs Excede - What's the difference?
transcend | excede |
to pass beyond the limits of something.
* Francis Bacon
to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
* Dryden
(obsolete) To climb; to mount.
As verbs the difference between transcend and excede
is that transcend is to pass beyond the limits of something while excede is dated form of lang=en.transcend
English
Verb
(en verb)- such popes as shall transcend their limits
- How much her worth transcended all her kind.
- lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds
- (Howell)