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Palavras similares a "Outstrip" e suas diferenças

Q: Qual é a diferença entre outstrip e overtake e outrun ?
A: This is a difficult one actually.

Overtake and outstrip are similar in that it means to pass someone/ exceed something.

But
Overtake is typically at a slower pace. So for example 2 cars racing, one car starts 10 seconds before the first and is going at 200km/h and the other one is going at 202km/h.
The second car is going to eventually *overtake* the first one.

However, Outstrip means to completely leave in the dust.
so if one car is driving at 50km/h and another one drives past it by going 100km/h, we'd say that it outstripped the first car.

Disclaimer!
Although these are the nuances of these 2 words, don't take this as complete fact because in commonly spoken English we basically only use overtake for both meanings.


For me, outrun means the same thing as overtake, but this is used when it comes to people/animals running, usually when racing. And it's when one person/animal runs past the other. But again, this word doesn't always mean running in a race and can also mean "exceed" (although 90% of the time it's to do with running).


If this all seems confusing, thats because all these words can basically all be used interchangeably.
For example:

"We outstripped our competitors"
"We overtook our competitors"
"We outran our competitors"

These all mean the same thing, but there are some slight nuances that usually do not matter in speech because of the amount of similarity between the words.

*Short answer*
-They all mean to exceed or to pass someone/something.
-Outstrip= a large margin.
-Overtake= gradually.
-Outrun= usually physically running.
*However all can be used as just "Exceed/pass something"

*When in doubt, use "overtake"! It's all you need😊

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