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Dense vs Overgrown - What's the difference?

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Dense is a related term of overgrown.


As adjectives the difference between dense and overgrown

is that dense is having relatively high density while overgrown is having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.

As a verb overgrown is

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dense

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having relatively high density.
  • Compact; crowded together.
  • Thick; difficult to penetrate.
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  • Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
  • Obscure, or difficult to understand.
  • (mathematics, topology) Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See Wikipedia article on (dense set)s for mathematical definition.
  • Of a person, slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.

    • Synonyms

    * (having relatively high density) solid * (crowded together) compact, crowded, packed * (difficult to penetrate) thick, solid * (allowing little light to pass through) cloudy, opaque * (difficult to understand) abstruse, difficult, hard, incomprehensible, obscure, tough * (slow to comprehend) dumb, slow, stupid, thick

    Antonyms

    * (having relatively high density) * (crowded together) diffuse, few and far between (of things as opposed to one thing), scattered, sparse, rarefied * (difficult to penetrate) thin * (allowing little light to pass through) clear, diaphanous, see-through, translucent, transparent * (difficult to understand) clear, comprehensible, easy, simple, straightforward, understandable * (in mathematics) meager * (slow to comprehend) bright, canny, intelligent, quick, quick-witted, smart

    Anagrams

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    overgrown

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
  • (In the form "An overgrown X") Something which has grown bigger but has not changed its character.
    • He spends so much money on new technology, he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.

    Verb

    (head)