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Extend vs Overstate - What's the difference?

extend | overstate |

As verbs the difference between extend and overstate

is that extend is to increase in extent while overstate is to exaggerate; to state or claim too much.

extend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To increase in extent.
  • To possess a certain extent.
  • To cause to increase in extent.
  • To cause to last for a longer period of time.
  • To straighten (a limb).
  • To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
  • to extend sympathy to the suffering
  • To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
  • to extend liquors
  • (UK, legal) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
  • Synonyms

    * enlarge * expand * increase * lengthen * stretch * widen

    Derived terms

    * extendible (adjective) * extensible (adjective) * extensive (adjective) * extension * extent

    Anagrams

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    overstate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.
  • I think it is overstating matters to say that an hour online is spending all night on the computer.
    He was suggested not to overstate at the interview.

    Synonyms

    * exaggerate

    Antonyms

    * understate

    Derived terms

    * overstatement