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Exceed vs Overtop - What's the difference?

exceed | overtop | Synonyms |

Exceed is a synonym of overtop.


As verbs the difference between exceed and overtop

is that exceed is to be larger, greater than (something) while overtop is to be higher than, to rise over the top of.

exceed

English

Alternative forms

* excede (dated)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To be larger, greater than (something).
    • The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.
  • To be better than (something).
    • The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.
  • To go beyond (some limit); to surpass, outstrip or transcend.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Name the time, but let it not / Exceed three days.
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  • To predominate.
  • (obsolete) To overdo.

    • Synonyms

    * outstep, overstep, surpass

    Antonyms

    According to the Oxford Dictionary website: "There is no established opposite to the word exceed, and it is quite often suggested that one is needed. We are gathering evidence of the word deceed 'be less than', but it has not yet reached our dictionaries." * to fail * to be inferior * to fall short

    Derived terms

    * exceeding * exceedingly

    Related terms

    * excess * excessive

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    overtop

    English

    Verb

    (overtopp)
  • To be higher than, to rise over the top of.
  • *1955 , William Golding, The Inheritors , Faber and Faber 2005, p. 79:
  • *:There was a single birch tree that overtopped the other trees on the island, and was now picked out against the moon-drenched sky.
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