Overall vs Predominantly - What's the difference?
overall | predominantly |
(British) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
(in the plural, US) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.
In a predominant manner. Most commonly or frequently by a large margin.
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As adverbs the difference between overall and predominantly
is that overall is generally; with everything considered while predominantly is in a predominant manner most commonly or frequently by a large margin.As an adjective overall
is all-encompassing, all around.As a noun overall
is (british) a garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit a garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.overall
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(wikipedia overall) (en noun)External links
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(en adverb)- The membership is predominantly elderly, 90% are over age 60.
- Both groups are predominantly confined to areas with warm to tropical climates