Precede vs Overtake - What's the difference?
precede | overtake |
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)
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 precede and overtake
is that precede is while overtake is to pass a more slowly moving object.precede
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(preced)- Harm precedes not sin.
- It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration.
Usage notes
* Not to be confused with proceed.Noun
Antonyms
* (go before) succeedAnagrams
* ----overtake
English
Verb
- "I overtook' and passed the doctor between Woking and Send." '''1898 ,
- "Our plans were overtaken by events."