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Surpass vs Avoidable - What's the difference?

surpass | avoidable |

As a verb surpass

is to go beyond, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner; to exceed.

As an adjective avoidable is

capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.

As a noun avoidable is

something that can be avoided.

surpass

English

Verb

(es)
  • To go beyond, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner; to exceed.
    • The former problem student surpassed his instructor's expectations and scored top marks on his examination.
    The heavy rains threatened to surpass the capabilities of the levee, endangering the town on the other side.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=“Two or three months more went by?; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”}}

    See also

    * exceed * excel * outdo * outstrip

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    avoidable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
  • Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

    • Antonyms

    * unavoidable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that can be avoided.