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Obese vs Oversize - What's the difference?

obese | oversize |

As adjectives the difference between obese and oversize

is that obese is obese while oversize is larger than normal.

As a noun obese

is an obese person.

As a verb oversize is

to surpass in size.

obese

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * obesity * obeses

    Phrases

    * morbidly obese * super obese

    See also

    * fat ----

    oversize

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Larger than normal
  • Excessively large

    • Verb

    (oversiz)
  • To surpass in size.
    • (Webster 1913)