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Overapply vs Overapplication - What's the difference?

overapply | overapplication |

As a verb overapply

is to apply to excess.

As a noun overapplication is

the act of overapplying.

overapply

English

Verb

  • To apply to excess.
  • * 1999 , Steven Pinker, Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
    • German speakers, like English speakers, are prone to overapplying the weak suffix (-t ) to irregular verbs, resulting in errors.

    overapplication

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of overapplying.
  • * 1995 , Andrew Bard Schmookler, The Parable of the Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social Evolution
    • The misapplication of justice can result in injustice in either of two ways: its overapplication , beyond the domain of actual interaction...