As verbs the difference between surpassing and overtopping

is that surpassing is present participle of surpass while overtopping is present participle of overtop.

As an adjective overtopping is

surmounting, surpassing.

As verbs the difference between clog and reclog

is that clog is to block or slow passage through (often with 'up' ) while reclog is (transitive|and|intransitive) to clog again.

As a noun clog

is a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.

As a noun mask

is a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection or mask can be a mesh or mask can be mash.

As a verb mask

is to cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor or mask can be to mash or mask can be to bewilder; confuse.

As an adjective masklike is

resembling a mask.

Jokesmith is a synonym of humorist.

As nouns the difference between humorist and jokesmith

is that humorist is a person who writes or performs humorous material while jokesmith is a person who devises jokes.

Jokesmith is a synonym of humourist.

As nouns the difference between humourist and jokesmith

is that humourist is an alternative spelling of humorist while jokesmith is a person who devises jokes.

As nouns the difference between female and journeywoman

is that female is one of the female (feminine) sex or gender while journeywoman is the female equivalent of a journeyman.

As an adjective female

is belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs, which in humans and most other mammals is typically the one which has xx chromosomes; belonging to the sex which has larger gametes (for species which have two sexes and for which this distinction can be made).

As nouns the difference between journeyman and journeywoman

is that journeyman is a tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman while journeywoman is the female equivalent of a journeyman.

As an adjective jovial

is pertaining to Jove or Zeus; Jovian.

As a noun jovialness is

the state or condition of being jovial; joviality.

As nouns the difference between joviality and jovialness

is that joviality is the state of being jovial; jollity or conviviality while jovialness is the state or condition of being jovial; joviality.

As nouns the difference between region and subregion

is that region is any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons while subregion is a region that is part of a larger region.