Pass
Pass noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.
Usage example: take the second pass on the right
Trace
Trace noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.
Usage example: an old trace that dates back to the days of the covered wagon
How words are described
| single | single pass | single trace |
| small | small pass | small trace |
| entire | entire pass | entire trace |
| real | real pass | real trace |
| Other adjectives: huge, little, final, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Someone walks in front of the camera, and once they pass by, Cobb is gone without a trace.
Source: Back Blocking -
Years pass, and you try to protect your child as well as you know how — and then a horrible, monstrous force steals your child away, and you lose all trace of them... And after journeying for days in search of said child, arriving to find them dead.
Source: Western Animation / Finding Nemo
Cite this Source
Trace and Pass. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/trace
Pass & Trace. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/trace>.
Trace or Pass. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/trace.
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