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Capacity vs Oversubscribed - What's the difference?

capacity | oversubscribed |

As adjectives the difference between capacity and oversubscribed

is that capacity is filling the allotted space while oversubscribed is having insufficient capacity to meet the demand of those who are interested.

As a noun capacity

is the ability to hold, receive or absorb.

As a verb oversubscribed is

(oversubscribe).

capacity

English

Noun

(capacities)
  • The ability to hold, receive or absorb
  • A measure of such ability; volume
  • The maximum amount that can be held
    • It was hauling a capacity load.
    The orchestra played to a capacity crowd.
  • Capability; the ability to perform some task
  • The maximum that can be produced.
  • Mental ability; the power to learn
  • A faculty; the potential for growth and development
  • A role; the position in which one functions
  • Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)
  • Electrical capacitance.
  • (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
    • Its capacity''' rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum '''capacity was 200 tons per hour.

    Synonyms

    * throughput * See also

    Derived terms

    * capacitance * capacitation * capacitor

    Adjective

  • Filling the allotted space.
    • There will be a capacity crowd at Busch stadium for the sixth game.
  • * 2012 , August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
    • At an overcast Eton Dorney, roared on by a capacity crowd including Prince Harry and Prince William, the volume rose as they entered the final stages.

    Related terms

    * capacious

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    oversubscribed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having insufficient capacity to meet the demand of those who are interested.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 30, author=Erik Eckholm, title=For Poor Families, an Added Burden of Too Many Pets, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=So the Swetmans were grateful to get an appointment at a temporary free clinic for their latest two puppies, even if there were no slots left in the oversubscribed five-day program for their eight older unspayed females. }}
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 16, author=, title=QBE to sell $115m on oversubscribed retail share sale, work=Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=QBE Insurance Group will sell about $115 million of new shares to its retail investors, after scaling back the oversubscribed purchase plan. }}
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 21, author=Hugh Muir, title=Diary: Hugh Muir, work=The Guardian citation
    • , passage=And we know that because the organisers of the British Parking Association Awards, to be held at London's Dorchester in March, have just told the entrants that they are so heavily oversubscribed for tables that none can be allocated at this early stage. }}

    Synonyms

    * overenrolled

    Verb

    (head)
  • (oversubscribe)