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Surmount vs Transcend - What's the difference?

surmount | transcend |

As verbs the difference between surmount and transcend

is that surmount is to get over; to overcome while transcend is to pass beyond the limits of something.

surmount

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to get over; to overcome
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 10.
    • this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art

    Related terms

    * surmountable * insurmountable

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    transcend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to pass beyond the limits of something.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • such popes as shall transcend their limits
  • to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
  • * Dryden
    • How much her worth transcended all her kind.
  • (obsolete) To climb; to mount.
    • lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds
    (Howell)

    Derived terms

    * transcendence * transcendency * transcendent * transcendental * transcendentalism * transcendentalist * transcendentally * transcending

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