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Carryover vs Overlap - What's the difference?

carryover | overlap |

As nouns the difference between carryover and overlap

is that carryover is something whose duration has been extended or that has been transferred to another time while overlap is something that overlaps or is overlapped.

As a verb overlap is

to extend over and partly cover something.

carryover

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something whose duration has been extended or that has been transferred to another time
  • An amount, especially a sum of money, transferred to a new column in a ledger, or applied to a later time

    • Quotations

    * 1980 Daniel T. Morrow - The Economics of the International Stockholding of Wheat *: First, as a general rule, carryover stocks are, held in countries that have lower carrying costs, which are probably exporting countries because they enjoy lower prices. * 1992 Vic Campbell - Junction: Mild Adventure for the Armchair Ruralists *: The “Black Shoe” title is a carryover from the days of coal-burning ships . . .

    overlap

    English

    (wikipedia overlap)

    Verb

    (overlapp) (intransitive)
  • To extend over and partly cover something.
    • the mousemat overlapped the edge of the desk
  • To have an area, range, character or function in common.
    • The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges
  • * '>citation
    • 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.
  • (mathematics) Used of sets that have some elements in common.
    • The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 .