Transcends vs Surpasses - What's the difference?
transcends | surpasses |
(transcend)
to pass beyond the limits of something.
* Francis Bacon
to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
* Dryden
(obsolete) To climb; to mount.
(surpass)
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To go beyond, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner; to exceed.
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As verbs the difference between transcends and surpasses
is that transcends is (transcend) while surpasses is .transcends
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Verb
(head)transcend
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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
* *surpasses
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Verb
(head)surpass
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Verb
(es)- 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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