Difference between By and Past

What is the difference between By and Past?

By as an adverb is along a path which runs by the speaker. while Past as an adverb is in a direction that passes

By

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Along a path which runs by the speaker.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A pass

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Out of the way, subsidiary.

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: Near or next to. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval. Through the action or presence of. (Indicates the creator of a work) Existing through the authorship etc of. (Indicates the cause of a condition or event) Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of. (Indicates a means) Involving/using the means of. (Indicates a rule followed) Using the rules or logic of. (Indicates the amount of some progression) With a change of. (In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.) (Indicates an oath) With the authority of. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: Goodbye.

Past

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: in a direction that passes

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: beyond in place, quantity or time

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.The past tense.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having already happened; in the past; finished.Relating to the past.(of a period of time) the one before this one

Example sentence: Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

We hope you now know whether to use By or Past in your sentence.

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