Exaggerate vs Overemphasis - What's the difference?
exaggerate | overemphasis |
To overstate, to describe more than is fact.
state in which something receives too much stress or attention
As a verb exaggerate
is to overstate, to describe more than is fact.As a noun overemphasis is
state in which something receives too much stress or attention.exaggerate
English
Verb
(exaggerat)- I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate !
- He said he'd slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he's exaggerating . The real number is about ten.