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Outdo vs Transcend - What's the difference?

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Outdo is a related term of transcend.


In lang=en terms the difference between outdo and transcend

is that outdo is to excel; go beyond in performance; surpass while transcend is to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.

As verbs the difference between outdo and transcend

is that outdo is to excel; go beyond in performance; surpass while transcend is to pass beyond the limits of something.

outdo

English

Verb

  • To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.

    • Synonyms

    * (to surpass) to outperform, to outrival

    References

    * * English irregular verbs

    transcend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to pass beyond the limits of something.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • such popes as shall transcend their limits
  • to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
  • * Dryden
    • How much her worth transcended all her kind.
  • (obsolete) To climb; to mount.
    • lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds
    (Howell)

    Derived terms

    * transcendence * transcendency * transcendent * transcendental * transcendentalism * transcendentalist * transcendentally * transcending

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