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Affront vs Overlead - What's the difference?

affront | overlead |

As a noun affront

is .

As a verb overlead is

to dominate; domineer over; oppress.

affront

English

(wikipedia affront)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To insult intentionally, especially openly.
  • * Addison
    • How can anyone imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius?
  • To meet defiantly; to confront.
    • to affront death
  • * 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 436:
    • Avignon was beginning to settle down for the night – that long painful stretch of time which must somehow be affronted .
  • (obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.
  • * Holland
    • All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant.
  • * Shakespeare
    • That he, as 'twere by accident, may here / Affront Ophelia.

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
    • Such behavior is an affront to society.
  • (obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.

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    overlead

    English

    Verb

  • To dominate; domineer over; oppress.
  • *1891 , Sir Thomas Malory, Sir Edward Strachey, William Caxton, Le morte D'arthur :
    • I believe it well, false recreant knight, said Sir Gawaine, for thou hast many long days overled me, and us all, and destroyed many of our good knights.
  • To affront; treat with indignity.
  • To lead excessively or too much.
  • *1981 , Evandro Agazzi, Modern logic :
    • If you overlead this question with too binding absoluteness requirements I am afraid that a satisfactory and not dogmatic answer will be rather difficult to find.