Manual vs Overtitle - What's the difference?
manual | overtitle |
A handbook.
A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine.
(music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
(by synecdoche) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal foce.
Performed with the hands (of an activity).
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
Operated by means of the hands (of a machine, device etc.).
To give too high a title to.
(chiefly, in the plural) One of a set of lines displayed above a stage and manually synchronized with the speech of the actors, rather like television subtitles.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between manual and overtitle
is that manual is manual (booklet) while overtitle is (chiefly|in the plural) one of a set of lines displayed above a stage and manually synchronized with the speech of the actors, rather like television subtitles.As a verb overtitle is
to give too high a title to.manual
English
(wikipedia manual)Alternative forms
* manuall (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) manuel, fromNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* handbookDerived terms
* reference manual * instruction manual * user manual * user's manual * owners manual * owner's manualEtymology 2
From (etyl) manuel, manual, from (etyl) .Adjective
(-)- She gave a wild manual brush to her locks.