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Combat vs Overpull - What's the difference?

combat | overpull |

In lang=en terms the difference between combat and overpull

is that combat is to fight with; to struggle for victory against while overpull is to pull (something) too far, or with too much force.

As nouns the difference between combat and overpull

is that combat is a battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory while overpull is (in an oil well) the amount of force that must be exerted on a pipe to pull it upward, above and beyond its own weight, due to drag and other forces.

As verbs the difference between combat and overpull

is that combat is to fight with; to struggle for victory against while overpull is to pull something with more force than (someone or something).

combat

English

(wikipedia combat)

Noun

  • A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.
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  • *:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat : "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
    • , volume=100, issue=2, page=87, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , passage=Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat .}}

    Derived terms

    * combat pay

    Verb

  • To fight with; to struggle for victory against.
  • * Milton
    • To combat with a blind man I disdain.

    Anagrams

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    overpull

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (in an oil well) The amount of force that must be exerted on a pipe to pull it upward, above and beyond its own weight, due to drag and other forces.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pull something with more force than (someone or something).
  • To pull (something) too far, or with too much force.
  • (video games) To lure away more monsters than one can handle in combat.
  • * 2008 , "Jobbles", Dead server economy?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.warcraft )
    • A big mistake I see a lot of warlocks do is overpulling with whatever demon they're using. VW's good for two (maybe three), but the succubus is only good for one at a time. But young warlocks don't know this, so they send their demon into a pack of mobs, start up with their DOT's and suddenly find themselves in the middle of melee because the demon can't hold aggro.