Belittle vs Overlook - What's the difference?
belittle | overlook |
To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is.
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, author=Mark Steyn
, title=America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It
, chapter=9
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, page=201
, passage=Under the rules as understood by the New York Times'', the West is free to mock and belittle''' its Judeo-Christian inheritance, and, likewise, the Muslim world is free to mock and ' belittle the West's Judeo-Christian inheritance.}}
To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of
Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly
To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking.
To pretend not to have noticed, especially a mistake; to pass over without censure or punishment.
As verbs the difference between belittle and overlook
is that belittle is to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is while overlook is to look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of.As a noun overlook is
a vista or point that gives a beautiful view.belittle
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Verb
(belittl)See also
* disparage * denigrate * vilipendoverlook
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(Webster 1913)Verb
(en verb)- to overlook a valley from a hill
- to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter