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Caffeine vs Overcaffeinated - What's the difference?

caffeine | overcaffeinated |

As a noun caffeine

is an alkaloid, c8h10n4o2, found naturally in tea and coffee plants which acts as a mild stimulant of the central nervous system.

As an adjective overcaffeinated is

having ingested too much caffeine, especially in the form of coffee.

caffeine

English

Alternative forms

* caffein

Noun

(-)
  • An alkaloid, C8H10N4O2, found naturally in tea and coffee plants which acts as a mild stimulant of the central nervous system.

    • See also

    * ("caffeine" on Wikipedia) English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----

    overcaffeinated

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having ingested too much caffeine, especially in the form of coffee
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    • , passage=It is a wonder some overcaffeinated hacker hasn't cobbled together the code to scrape all of the above into one gadget shopping supersite. }}