Outbreak vs Overshoot - What's the difference?
outbreak | overshoot |
An eruption, sudden appearance
A sudden increase.
An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.
(uncountable) A geological layer that breaks out
To burst out
To break forth
(uncountable) The amount by which something goes too far.
(countable, ecology) When the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.
To go past something; to go too far.
To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something.
* South
To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
(figurative) To exceed.
In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between outbreak and overshoot
is that outbreak is (uncountable) a geological layer that breaks out while overshoot is (uncountable) the amount by which something goes too far.As nouns the difference between outbreak and overshoot
is that outbreak is an eruption, sudden appearance while overshoot is (uncountable) the amount by which something goes too far.As verbs the difference between outbreak and overshoot
is that outbreak is to burst out while overshoot is to go past something; to go too far.outbreak
English
Noun
(wikipedia outbreak) (en noun)- ''Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic
- There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.
- There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.
Synonyms
* outburst * tumultAntonyms
* (l)Verb
See also
* breakoutAnagrams
* *overshoot
English
Noun
(en noun)- Let's see if we can predict and correct for the overshoot .
Verb
- When you drive, you must remember to not overshoot the parking space and end up with two wheels over the line.
- not to overshoot his game
- (Hartle)
- to overshoot the truth
- (Cowper)
