Reduplication vs Overlap - What's the difference?
reduplication | overlap |
type , nowrap, acute-null accents
baby-talk-like , bye-bye, choo-choo, night night, no-no, pee-pee, poo-poo, etc. , - ! Ablaut
type , nowrap, acute-grave accents
high-low vowels
front-back vowels , bric-a-brac, chit-chat, criss-cross, kitty-cat, knick-knack, jibber-jabber, splish-splash, zig-zag, sing-song, etc. , - ! Rhymed
type , nowrap, acute-acute accents
varied initials , claptrap, hokey-pokey, honey bunny, razzle-dazzle, slim jim, super-duper, teeny-weeny, wingding, etc. , } To extend over and partly cover something.
To have an area, range, character or function in common.
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(mathematics) Used of sets that have some elements in common.
Something that overlaps or is overlapped
(rugby) a situation in the game where an attacking line has more players in it than the defensive line coming to meet it. The attacking side may exploit the overlap'' by using their superior numbers to break the opposition's defensive line. If attackers outnumber defenders by more than one player this is often termed a ''two man overlap'' or ''three man overlap'', etc. If the attacking side fails to break through usually due to poor execution, they are said to ''waste an overlap .
As nouns the difference between reduplication and overlap
is that reduplication is (linguistics) the act of, or an instance of, reduplicating while overlap is something that overlaps or is overlapped.As a verb overlap is
to extend over and partly cover something.reduplication
English
(wikipedia reduplication)Usage notes
Here are examples of reduplication in English: {, class="wikitable" ! nowrap , EAR types ! Accents, etc. ! Examples , - ! Exacttype , nowrap, acute-null accents
baby-talk-like , bye-bye, choo-choo, night night, no-no, pee-pee, poo-poo, etc. , - ! Ablaut
type , nowrap, acute-grave accents
high-low vowels
front-back vowels , bric-a-brac, chit-chat, criss-cross, kitty-cat, knick-knack, jibber-jabber, splish-splash, zig-zag, sing-song, etc. , - ! Rhymed
type , nowrap, acute-acute accents
varied initials , claptrap, hokey-pokey, honey bunny, razzle-dazzle, slim jim, super-duper, teeny-weeny, wingding, etc. , }
Derived terms
* endoreduplication * contrastive focus reduplicationoverlap
English
(wikipedia overlap)Verb
(overlapp) (intransitive)- the mousemat overlapped the edge of the desk
- The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges
- Memento unfolds over 22 scenes—or, more accurately, 22 strands of time, the main strand (in color) moving backward in increments, and another strand (in black and white) going forward, though the two overlap profoundly.
- The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians)