The difference between Overtake and Surprise
When used as verbs, overtake means to pass a more slowly moving object or entity, whereas surprise means to cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.
Surprise is also noun with the meaning: something not expected.
check bellow for the other definitions of Overtake and Surprise
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Overtake as a verb:
To pass a more slowly moving object or entity.
Examples:
"The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn."
"The car was so slow we were overtaken by a bus."
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Overtake as a verb (economics):
To become greater than something else
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Overtake as a verb:
To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away
Examples:
"Our plans were overtaken by events."
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Surprise as a noun:
Something not expected.
Examples:
"It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought I did."
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Surprise as a noun:
The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
Examples:
"Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did."
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Surprise as a noun (obsolete):
A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.
Examples:
"rfquotek King"
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Surprise as a verb (transitive):
To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.
Examples:
"It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did."
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Surprise as a verb (transitive):
To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
Examples:
"He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him."
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Surprise as a verb (intransitive):
To undergo or witness something unexpected.
Examples:
"He doesn’t surprise easily."
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Surprise as a verb (intransitive):
To cause surprise.
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Surprise as a verb (transitive):
To attack unexpectedly.
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Surprise as a verb (transitive):
To take unawares.