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Exceed vs Exude - What's the difference?

exceed | exude |

As verbs the difference between exceed and exude

is that exceed is to be larger, greater than (something) while exude is .

exceed

English

Alternative forms

* excede (dated)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To be larger, greater than (something).
    • The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.
  • To be better than (something).
    • The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.
  • To go beyond (some limit); to surpass, outstrip or transcend.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Name the time, but let it not / Exceed three days.
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  • To predominate.
  • (obsolete) To overdo.

    • Synonyms

    * outstep, overstep, surpass

    Antonyms

    According to the Oxford Dictionary website: "There is no established opposite to the word exceed, and it is quite often suggested that one is needed. We are gathering evidence of the word deceed 'be less than', but it has not yet reached our dictionaries." * to fail * to be inferior * to fall short

    Derived terms

    * exceeding * exceedingly

    Related terms

    * excess * excessive

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    exude

    English

    Verb

    (exud)
  • To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
  • * Dr. T. Dwight
    • Our forests exude turpentine in abundance.