Overblow vs Overslow - What's the difference?
overblow | overslow |
To cover with blossoms or flowers.
(obsolete) To blow over; pass over; pass away.
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
*:But art thou not drown'd, Stephano? I hope now thou are / not drown'd. Is the storm overblown ?
To blow hard or with much violence.
To blow over or across.
To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
To exaggerate the significance of something.
* 2006 , Jock Lauterer, Community Journalism: Relentlessly Local
(music) To blow a wind instrument hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
* 1909 , Leander Jan Bekker, Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians
As verbs the difference between overblow and overslow
is that overblow is to cover with blossoms or flowers or overblow can be (obsolete) to blow over; pass over; pass away while overslow is to render slow; to check; to curb.As an adjective overslow is
too slow.overblow
English
Etymology 1
From .Verb
Etymology 2
From (etyl) overblowen, equivalent to .Verb
- if you do print the DUI story and sensationalize and overblow it
- The upper octaves of the flute's compass are produced by overblowing .
