Outrun vs Overtake - What's the difference?
outrun | overtake |
To run faster than the others.
To exceed or overextend.
* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 164
* 1851 ,
(sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.
To pass a more slowly moving object.
To catch up with, but not pass, a more slowly moving vehicle, animal etc.
(economics) To become greater than something else
To occur unexpectedly
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
- They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money.
- [...] as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.
References
* *Noun
(en noun)overtake
English
Verb
- "I overtook' and passed the doctor between Woking and Send." '''1898 ,
- "Our plans were overtaken by events."