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Overcharge vs Recharge - What's the difference?

overcharge | recharge |

As verbs the difference between overcharge and recharge

is that overcharge is to charge more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill while recharge is .

As a noun overcharge

is an excessive load or burden.

overcharge

English

Verb

  • to charge more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill
  • to continue to charge an electric device beyond its electrical capacity
  • To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress.
  • (Sir Walter Raleigh)
  • To fill too full; to crowd.
  • * Addison
  • Our language is overcharged with consonants.
  • To exaggerate.
  • to overcharge a description

    Antonyms

    *undercharge

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An excessive load or burden.
  • An excessive charge in an account.
  • recharge

    Verb

    (recharg)
  • To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.
  • To invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.
  • * (rfdate) :
  • My body is a little bit sore from all of the practicing and playing and training, and your mind gets a little tired of it, too. It's nice to be able to recharge and come back fresh for the remainder of the year.
  • To reload a gun with ammunition.
  • To add or restore water to an aquifer.
  • To charge or accuse in return.
  • To attack again or anew.
  • (Dryden)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Water that has percolated from the ground surface to an aquifer.
  • Derived terms

    * recharge area * recharge well ----