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Excessive vs Overflowing - What's the difference?

excessive | overflowing |

As an adjective excessive

is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

As a noun overflowing is

overflow.

As a verb overflowing is

.

excessive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
  • "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive , nay even stupid."

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * insufficient * deficient

    Derived terms

    * excessive number

    overflowing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • overflow
  • * 1829 , Josiah Conder, The Modern Traveler (page 205)
  • the great overflowings and recedings of the waters

    Verb

    (head)