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Exaggerate vs Overcalculate - What's the difference?

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Exaggerate is a synonym of overcalculate.


As verbs the difference between exaggerate and overcalculate

is that exaggerate is to overstate, to describe more than is fact while overcalculate is to calculate as being greater than is actually the case.

exaggerate

English

Verb

(exaggerat)
  • To overstate, to describe more than is fact.
    • I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate !
    He said he'd slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he's exaggerating . The real number is about ten.

    Synonyms

    * overexaggerate * overstate

    Antonyms

    * (overstate) downplay, understate

    Derived terms

    * exaggeratedly * exaggeratingly * exaggerative * exaggeratively * exaggerativeness * exaggerator * exaggeratory

    Related terms

    * exaggeration

    External links

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    overcalculate

    English

    Verb

    (overcalculat)
  • To calculate as being greater than is actually the case
  • *{{quote-book, 1822, , Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair, page=135, section=Chapter XI citation
    • , passage=Meanwhile, Mr. Blair began, as anxious people will do, to overcalculate the lapse of time. }}

    Synonyms

    *exaggerate *overestimate *overstate