Outstrip vs Overrun - What's the difference?
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To outrun or leave behind.
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To exceed, excel or surpass.
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To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his positions conclusively.
To infest, swarm over, flow over.
* Spenser
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To run past; to run beyond.
* Bible, 2. Sam. xviii. 23
To continue for too long.
(printing) To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
To go beyond; to extend in part beyond.
To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
* Spenser
An instance of overrunning
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The amount by which something overruns
As verbs the difference between outstrip and overrun
is that outstrip is to outrun or leave behind while overrun is to defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his positions conclusively.As a noun overrun is
an instance of overrunning.outstrip
English
Verb
- We quickly outstripped the amateur runners.
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- This year's production has already outstripped last year's.
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overrun
English
Verb
(transitive)- The vine overran''' its trellis; the field is '''overrun with weeds.
- those barbarous nations that overran the world
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- The athlete overran the finish line and kept going.
- One line overruns another in length.
- Ahimaaz run by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
- The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.
- In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
- None of them the feeble overran .
Noun
(en noun)Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- Some of the stadiums being built for the World Cup soccer tournament, scheduled for next year, have also been criticized for delays and cost overruns , and have become subjects of derision as protesters question whether they will become white elephants.
- ''At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!