Transcend vs Descent - What's the difference?
transcend | descent |
to pass beyond the limits of something.
* Francis Bacon
to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
* Dryden
(obsolete) To climb; to mount.
An instance of descending
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
A way down.
A sloping passage or incline.
Lineage or hereditary derivation
A drop to a lower status or condition.
As a verb transcend
is to pass beyond the limits of something.As a noun descent is
an instance of descending.transcend
English
Verb
(en verb)- such popes as shall transcend their limits
- How much her worth transcended all her kind.
- lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds
- (Howell)
Derived terms
* transcendence * transcendency * transcendent * transcendental * transcendentalism * transcendentalist * transcendentally * transcendingExternal links
* *descent
English
Noun
(en noun)- We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier.
Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a second flat as he started the descent .
- We had difficulty in finding the correct descent .
- The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.
- Our guide was of Welsh descent .
- After that, the holiday went into a steep descent .