The difference between Fall asleep and Pass over

When used as verbs, fall asleep means to pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep, whereas pass over means to bypass (something).


check bellow for the other definitions of Fall asleep and Pass over

  1. Fall asleep as a verb:

    To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.

  2. Fall asleep as a verb:

    To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb.

    Examples:

    "My left leg has fallen asleep!"

  3. Fall asleep as a verb (poetic, euphemistic):

    To die .

    Examples:

    "RQ:King James Version Acts 7 60 passage=And he kneeled downe, and cried with a loud voice, Lord lay not this sinne to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleepe. And Saul was consenting vnto his death."

  1. Pass over as a verb (transitive):

    To bypass (something); to skip (something).

  2. Pass over as a verb (transitive):

    To make a transit of; to pass through or across (something).

  3. Pass over as a verb (transitive):

    To fly over (something).

  4. Pass over as a verb (transitive):

    To overlook; not to note or resent.

    Examples:

    "to pass over an affront"

  5. Pass over as a verb (intransitive, euphemistic):

    To die and thus progress to the afterlife.