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Excessive vs Overlight - What's the difference?

excessive | overlight |

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)
  • 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

    overlight

    English

    Verb

  • To illuminate too brightly.
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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dated) Too light or frivolous; giddy.
  • Noun

  • excessive light
  • * Francis Bacon
  • An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle .