Overbearing vs Follow - What's the difference?
overbearing | follow |
To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.
To go or come after in a sequence.
To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
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To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
To understand, to pay attention to.
To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
To be a logical consequence of.
To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
* Shakespeare
As an adjective overbearing
is overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.As a verb follow is
to go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.overbearing
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Synonyms
* demanding, dictatorial, dominant, haughty, high-handed * See also * See alsoDerived terms
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Verb
(en verb)- We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow .
- O, had I but followed the arts!