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Outdo vs Overreact - What's the difference?

outdo | overreact |

As verbs the difference between outdo and overreact

is that outdo is to excel; go beyond in performance; surpass while overreact is to react too much or too intensely.

outdo

English

Verb

  • To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.

    • Synonyms

    * (to surpass) to outperform, to outrival

    References

    * * English irregular verbs

    overreact

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To react too much or too intensely.
    • Please try not to overreact if she drives badly when she is first learning.

    Derived terms

    * overreaction