Excessive vs Overlight - What's the difference?
excessive | overlight |
Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
To illuminate too brightly.
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excessive light
* Francis Bacon
As adjectives the difference between excessive and overlight
is that excessive is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate while overlight is too light or frivolous; giddy.As a verb overlight is
to illuminate too brightly.As a noun overlight is
excessive light.excessive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "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 alsoAntonyms
* insufficient * deficientDerived terms
* excessive numberoverlight
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Verb
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Noun
- An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle .