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Emphatic vs Overemphatic - What's the difference?

emphatic | overemphatic |

As adjectives the difference between emphatic and overemphatic

is that emphatic is characterized by emphasis while overemphatic is excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation.

As a noun emphatic

is (phonology) an emphatic consonant.

emphatic

English

Alternative forms

* emphatick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterized by emphasis.
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  • Stated with conviction.
  • He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.
  • belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to
  • (phonology) of obstruent consonants in Semitic languages.
  • Derived terms

    * emphatically

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (phonology) an emphatic consonant
  • See also

    * phatic

    Anagrams

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    overemphatic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation
  • Derived terms

    *overemphatically