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Outrun vs Precede - What's the difference?

outrun | precede |

As verbs the difference between outrun and precede

is that outrun is to run faster than the others while precede is .

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.

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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.
  • precede

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (preced)
  • To go before, go in front of.
  • * Milton
  • Harm precedes not sin.
  • To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
  • * Kent
  • It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration.
  • To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
  • Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with proceed.

    Noun

  • (en-noun) Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
  • Antonyms

    * (go before) succeed

    Anagrams

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