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Outrun vs Outpace - What's the difference?

outrun | outpace |

As verbs the difference between outrun and outpace

is that outrun is to run faster than the others while outpace is to go faster than someone else; to exceed the pace of.

As a noun outrun

is (sheepdog trials) the sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.

outrun

English

Verb

  • To run faster than the others.
  • To exceed or overextend.
  • * 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 164
    • They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money.
  • * 1851 ,
    • [...] as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.

    References

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.

    • Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs English verbs with base form identical to past participle

    outpace

    English

    Verb

  • To go faster than someone else; to exceed the pace of.
    • The youngster outpaced his grandfather and ran on ahead.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 11 , author=Rory Houston , title=Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland , work=RTE Sport citation , page= , passage=Walters outpaced Raio Piiroja from a long ball forward and curled a powerful shot over the crossbar from a tight angle in the 33rd minute.}}