Posted by Ana laura · April 1, 2009 · 1 replies
Hello
I would like to know if these 3 words are synonyms.
I know 'run over' means 'to drive over someone' but I have doubts when it comes to verbs like 'strike' or 'hit'. Do they mean 'to pass over someone' as well?
He was hit/run over/struck by a car.
Thank you!🙂
In that context hit and run over are synonymous, but struck would be less likely (though not impossible), I think, and more formal. None of them (confusingly including run over) necessarily literally means "pass over" though - just that there was some sort of impact.
But of course, that's only true for that context - for instance, you can only be struck by lightning and not hit and it's not formal at all.
