Difference between Run and Course

What is the difference between Run and Course?

Run as a noun is the act of running. while Course as a noun is a path, sequence, development, or evolution.

Run

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: In a liquid state; melted; molten. Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out".)

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of running. The route taken while running. A flow of liquid; a leak. A small creek or part thereof. The amount of something made. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise. A production quantity in a factory. A pace faster than a walk. A fast gallop. An interval of distance or time, a period marked by a continuing trend. A series of tries in a game that were successful. A regular trip or route. A standard or unexceptional group or category. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel. An errand or the journey associated with an errand. A pleasure trip. A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding. A point scored in baseball and cricket. A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale. A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals. Any sudden large demand for something. Unrestricted use of an area. Stockings with a run in them (sense 24) A line of knit stitches that has unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking. The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward. horizontal dimension of a slope.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off of either foot, compare: walk. To go at a fast pace, to move quickly. To move or spread quickly. To cause to move quickly; to make move lightly. To control or manage, be in charge of. Of a liquid, to flow. Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it. To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object. To extend in space or through a range of possibilities (often with a measure phrase). To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase). To make something extend in space. Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally. To make a machine operate. To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program. To compete in a race. To be a candidate in an election. To make run in a race or an election. To be offered in one of the media. To print or broadcast in the media. To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion , to bleed (especially used of dye or paint). To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse). To go through without stopping, usually illegally. To transport someone or something. To smuggle illegal goods. To cost a large amount of money. Of fish, to migrate for spawning. To carry a football down the field. Of stitches, to unravel. To flee away from a danger or towards help. To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control. To control or have precedence in a card game. To run.

Example sentence: The course of true love never did run smooth.

Course

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A path, sequence, development, or evolution.A normal or customary sequence.A chosen manner of proceeding.Any ordered process or sequence or stepsA learning program, as in a school.A treatment planThe itinerary of a race.A racecourse.A part of a meal.The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.A row of bricks or blocks.) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.A string on a luteA golf course.

Example sentence: I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it's not like I am hopeless.

We hope you now know whether to use Run or Course in your sentence.

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