The difference between Miss and Run into
When used as verbs, miss means to fail to hit, whereas run into means to enter by running.
Miss is also noun with the meaning: a failure to hit.
check bellow for the other definitions of Miss and Run into
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Miss as a verb (ambitransitive):
To fail to hit.
Examples:
"I missed the target."
"I tried to kick the ball, but missed."
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Miss as a verb (transitive):
To fail to achieve or attain.
Examples:
"to miss an opportunity"
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Miss as a verb (transitive):
To feel the absence of someone or something, sometimes with regret.
Examples:
"I miss you! Come home soon!"
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Miss as a verb (transitive):
To fail to understand or have a shortcoming of perception.
Examples:
"miss the joke"
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Miss as a verb (transitive):
To fail to attend.
Examples:
"Joe missed the meeting this morning."
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Miss as a verb (transitive):
To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
Examples:
"I missed the plane!"
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Miss as a verb (only in present tense):
To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
Examples:
"The car is missing essential features."
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Miss as a verb (poker, said of a card):
To fail to help the hand of a player.
Examples:
"Player A: J7. Player B: Q6. Table: 283. The flop missed both players!"
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Miss as a verb (sports):
To fail to score (a goal).
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Miss as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To go wrong; to err.
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Miss as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
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Miss as a noun:
A failure to hit.
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Miss as a noun:
A failure to obtain or accomplish.
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Miss as a noun:
An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).
Examples:
"I think I’ll give the meeting a miss."
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Miss as a noun (computing):
The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
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Miss as a noun:
A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
Examples:
"You may sit here, miss."
"You may sit here, Miss Jones."
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Miss as a noun:
An unmarried woman; a girl.
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Miss as a noun:
A kept woman; a mistress.
Examples:
"rfquotek Evelyn"
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Miss as a noun (card games):
In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
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Run into as a verb (intransitive, _, but with prepositional object, literally):
To enter by running.
Examples:
"He ran into the building."
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Run into as a verb (intransitive, _, but with prepositional object):
To collide with.
Examples:
"He lost control of the vehicle and ran into a tree."
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Run into as a verb (transitive, _, and with prepositional object):
To cause to collide with.
Examples:
"He lost control of the vehicle and ran it into a tree."
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Run into as a verb (intransitive, _, but with prepositional object, by extension):
To encounter or meet unexpectedly (literally or figuratively).
Examples:
"I ran into your cousin the other day."
"Everything was going according to plan until we ran into the legal problems."
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Run into as a verb (intransitive, _, but with prepositional object, dated, of flowing water):
To reach, to flow into (a body of water).
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Run into as a verb (intransitive, _, but with prepositional object):
To blend into; to be followed by or adjacent to without there being a clear boundary.
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Run into as a verb (transitive, _, and with prepositional object):
To cause to blend into.
Examples:
"You can use the paintbrush this way to run the colors into each other."
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Run into as a verb:
To reach a large figure.
Examples:
"By the end, the cost of the project ran into the millions of dollars."