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Outwear vs Overwear - What's the difference?

outwear | overwear |

As verbs the difference between outwear and overwear

is that outwear is to wear out while overwear is to wear out; to exhaust.

As a noun overwear is

outer clothing.

outwear

English

Verb

  • To wear out
  • * 1874 ,
    • ''Crushed impotent beneath this reign of terror,
    ''Dazed with mysteries of woe and error,
    ''The soul is too outworn for wondering.
  • To outlast
  • To survive longer
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 29 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992) citation , page= , passage=According to the audio commentary on “Treehouse Of Horror III,” some of the creative folks at The Simpsons were concerned that the “Treehouse Of Horror” franchise had outworn its welcome and was rapidly running out of classic horror or science-fiction fodder to spoof. }}

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    overwear

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

  • To wear out; to exhaust.
    • Synonyms
    * (wear out) (l), (l), (l)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • outer clothing