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Transcend vs Superceed - What's the difference?

transcend | superceed |

As verbs the difference between transcend and superceed

is that transcend is to pass beyond the limits of something while superceed is .

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

    superceed

    English

    Verb

    (head)