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Outrun vs Overtake - What's the difference?

outrun | overtake |

As verbs the difference between outrun and overtake

is that outrun is to run faster than the others while overtake is to pass a more slowly moving object.

As a noun outrun

is 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.
  • overtake

    English

    Verb

  • To pass a more slowly moving object.
  • To catch up with, but not pass, a more slowly moving vehicle, animal etc.
  • "I overtook' and passed the doctor between Woking and Send." '''1898 ,
  • (economics) To become greater than something else
  • To occur unexpectedly
  • "Our plans were overtaken by events."

    See also

    * Not to be confused with (take over).