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Fatigue vs Overstrain - What's the difference?

fatigue | overstrain |

As verbs the difference between fatigue and overstrain

is that fatigue is while overstrain is to subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, or abilities.

As an adjective fatigue

is tired.

fatigue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=December 29 , author=Paul Doyle , title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=Alan Pardew finished by far the most frustrated man at the Emirates, blaming fatigue for the fact that Arsenal were able to kill his team off in the dying minutes.}}
  • A menial task, especially in the military.
  • (engineering) A mechanism of material failure involving of crack growth caused by low-stress cyclic loading.
  • * 2013 , N. Dowling, Mechanical Behaviour of Materials , page 399
    • Mechanical failures due to fatigue have been the subject of engineering efforts for more than 150 years.

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * fatigues (military work clothing)

    Verb

    (fatigu)
  • to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion
  • to lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted
  • (intransitive, engineering, of a material specimen) to undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.

    • Related terms

    * fatigable * indefatigable

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    overstrain

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, or abilities
  • *
    • Clover warned him sometimes to be careful not to overstrain himself, but Boxer would never listen to her.

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