Outrun vs Precede - What's the difference?
outrun | precede |
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 go before, go in front of.
* Milton
To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
* Kent
To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
(en-noun) Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
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
- 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)precede
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(preced)- Harm precedes not sin.
- It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration.