Exaggerate vs Overstatement - What's the difference?
exaggerate | overstatement |
To overstate, to describe more than is fact.
An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.
The tendency to overstate.
As a verb exaggerate
is to overstate, to describe more than is fact.As a noun overstatement is
an exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.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.
Synonyms
* overexaggerate * overstateAntonyms
* (overstate) downplay, understateDerived terms
* exaggeratedly * exaggeratingly * exaggerative * exaggeratively * exaggerativeness * exaggerator * exaggeratoryExternal links
* * * English transitive verbs ----overstatement
English
Noun
(wikipedia overstatement) (en noun)- The story he gave was something of an overstatement of the facts.
- She had a knack for overstatement .
