Traverse vs Over - What's the difference?
traverse | over |
(climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
(military) In fortification, a mass of earth or other material employed to protect troops against enfilade. It is constructed at right angles to the parapet.
(surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
(obsolete) A screen or partition.
* 1499 , (John Skelton), The Bowge of Court :
* F. Beaumont
Something that thwarts or obstructs.
A trick; a subterfuge.
(architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
(legal) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
(nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
(geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
(firearms) The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.
To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
* Alexander Pope
(computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
(artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
(climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle.
To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
* Dryden
To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct.
* Sir Walter Scott
To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
* South
(carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
(legal) To deny formally.
* Dryden
Lying across; being in a direction across something else.
* Sir H. Wotton
* Hayward
Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
* 1661 , ,
From an upright position to being horizontal.
Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
From one position or state to another.
Overnight (throughout the night).
Again; another time; once more; over again.
(cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
* 2008 , G. Puttick, Sandy van Esch, The Principles and Practice of Auditing (page 609)
Physical positioning.
# On top of; above; higher than; further up.
#* (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (1807-1882)
#* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=(Henry Petroski)
, magazine=(American Scientist), title= # Across or spanning.
#* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
#* , chapter=3
, title= #* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= # In such a way as to cover.
# From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
By comparison.
# More than; to a greater degree.
# Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far.
# (label) As compared to.
(label) Divided by.
Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
While]] using, (especially) while [[consume, consuming.
* 1990 , (Seymour Chatman), Coming to Terms , , ISBN 0801497361, page 100[http://books.google.com/books?id=loD1JXOtmTYC&pg=PA100&dq=relax]:
* 1998 , Marian Swerdlow, Underground Woman , , ISBN 1566396107, page 88 [http://books.google.com/books?id=jIK3DGkOwYkC&pg=PA88&dq=croissants]:
* 2009 , Sara Pennypacker, The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery , , ISBN 9780545207867, page 79:
Concerning or regarding.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply.
As nouns the difference between traverse and over
is that traverse is (climbing) a route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent while over is (cricket) a set of six legal balls bowled.As adverbs the difference between traverse and over
is that traverse is athwart; across; crosswise while over is (us) again; another time; once more; over again.As adjectives the difference between traverse and over
is that traverse is lying across; being in a direction across something else while over is finished; ended or concluded.As a verb traverse
is to travel across, often under difficult conditions.As a preposition over is
on top of; above; higher than; further up.As a interjection over is
in radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply.traverse
English
Noun
(en noun)- Than sholde ye see there pressynge in a pace / Of one and other that wolde this lady see, / Whiche sat behynde a traves of sylke fyne, / Of golde of tessew the fynest that myghte be
- At the entrance of the king, / The first traverse was drawn.
- He would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control.
- (Gwilt)
Verb
- He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side.
- what seas you traversed , and what fields you fought
- to traverse all nodes in a network
- to traverse a cannon
- The parts should be often traversed , or crossed, by the flowing of the folds.
- I cannot but admit the force of this reasoning, which I yet hope to traverse .
- My purpose is to traverse the nature, principles, and properties of this detestable vice — ingratitude.
- to traverse a board
- And save the expense of long litigious laws, / Where suits are traversed , and so little won / That he who conquers is but last undone.
Adjective
(en adjective)- paths cut with traverse trenches
- Oak being strong in all positions, may be better trusted in cross and traverse work.
- the ridges of the fallow field traverse
Derived terms
* traverse drillAnagrams
* ----over
English
(wikipedia over)Derived terms
*Adverb
(-)The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
Noun
(en noun)- ...standard cash count forms used to record the count and any overs or unders.
Preposition
(English prepositions)- Over them gleamed far off the crimson banners of morning.
The Evolution of Eyeglasses, passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,
- Certain lakespoison birds which fly over them.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}
A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
- Six diners in business clothes—five attractive young women and a balding middle-aged man—relax over cigarettes.
- Sunday had been my favorite day at Woodlawn. A long W.A.A. [="work as assigned" period], having coffee and croissants with Mark over the Sunday Times .
- Over meatloaf and mashed potatoes (being careful not to talk with his mouth full), Stanley told about his adventure.
Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}
Usage notes
When used in the context of "from one location to another", over'' implies that the two places are at approximately the same height or the height difference is not relevant. For example, if two offices are on the same floor of a building, an office worker might say ''I'll bring that over''' for you'', while if the offices were on different floors, the sentence would likely be ''I'll bring that up [down] for you.'' However, distances are not constrained, e.g. ''He came '''over''' from England last year and now lives in Los Angeles'' or ''I moved the stapler '''over to the other side of my desk.Interjection
(en interjection)- How do you receive? Over !
