Nowadays vs Overtime - What's the difference?
nowadays | overtime |
At the present time; in the current era.
* , First Folio 1621, Act III, Scene I:
*, II.27:
*:What is it that now adaies makes all our quarrels mortall?
* 1762 , A. F. Busching, A New System of Geography , volume 4, translated from German, p.4:
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* 2012 , Dick Vinegar, The Guardian , 11 Jun 2012:
(uncountable) The working time outside of one's regular hours
(sports, countable) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
(uncountable) The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
Exceeding regular working hours.
As adverbs the difference between nowadays and overtime
is that nowadays is at the present time; in the current era while overtime is exceeding regular working hours.As a noun overtime is
the working time outside of one's regular hours.nowadays
English
Alternative forms
* now-a-days * nowadayAdverb
(-)- to say the truth, reason and loue keepe little company together, nowadayes .
- The appellation of Germany'', is seldom used now-a-days any where but in the title of the Emperor and Elector of ''Mentz .
- And in his spare moments, of which there were not many nowadays , he would go alone to the quarry, collect a load of broken stone, and drag it down to the site of the windmill unassisted.
- My favourite reading nowadays is Pulse, one of the house magazines for GPs.
Synonyms
* (at the present time) currently, now, in this day and age, these daysovertime
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(wikipedia overtime)Noun
- Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime .
- That last-second shot ties the game 99-99 and sends it to overtime !