Outrun vs Overdo - What's the difference?
outrun | overdo |
To run faster than the others.
To exceed or overextend.
* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 164
* 1851 ,
(sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.
To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.
* Shakespeare
To overtask or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust.
To surpass; to excel.
To cook too much.
As verbs the difference between outrun and overdo
is that outrun is to run faster than the others while overdo is to do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.As a noun outrun
is the sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.outrun
English
Verb
- They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money.
- [...] as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.
References
* *Noun
(en noun)overdo
English
Verb
- Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing.
- to overdo one's strength
- (Tennyson)
- to overdo the meat
