Difference between Past and By

What is the difference between Past and By?

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

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: The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

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.

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

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