fly by vs surpass

fly by and surpass both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fly by	No	No	Yes	No
surpass	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, surpass is a hypernym of fly by; that is, surpass is a word with a broader meaning than fly by:

Other hypernyms of fly by include go by, go past, pass, pass by, travel by.

As verbs, surpass is a hypernym of fly by; that is, surpass is a word with a broader meaning than fly by:

Other hypernyms of fly by include go by, go past, pass, pass by, travel by.

fly by (verb)	surpass (verb)
pass by while flying	be or do something to a greater degree
move by very quickly	move past
	distinguish oneself
	be greater in scope or size than some standard