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Surpass vs Transcend - What's the difference?

surpass | transcend |

Transcend is a synonym of surpass.



In transitive terms the difference between surpass and transcend

is that surpass is to go beyond, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner; to exceed while transcend is to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.

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.
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    See also

    * exceed * excel * outdo * outstrip

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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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