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So, I just got confused by these two words (超える【こえる】 and 超す【こす】). Can someone
explain them to me? Do they have the same meaning, or am I wrong?
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Difference between 超える【こえる】 and 超す【こす】？
You are right in that both verbs have roughly the same meaning. Here are the
differences I could find with my (limited) knowledge of Japanese:

超える can be used when something exceeds the norm, or is out of the ordinary.

超す can be used for "moving home" (引っ超す）, whereas the above cannot ( ~~引っ超える~~
).

Another example is that you cannot say 年を超える、here 年を超す would be correct. I
believe 超す is less common than 超える, in the cases where you could use either.
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