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Overcrowded vs Overflowing - What's the difference?

overcrowded | overflowing |

As verbs the difference between overcrowded and overflowing

is that overcrowded is past tense of overcrowd while overflowing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective overcrowded

is containing too many occupants for an area of its size.

As a noun overflowing is

overflow.

overcrowded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (overcrowd)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing too many occupants for an area of its size.
  • overflowing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • overflow
  • * 1829 , Josiah Conder, The Modern Traveler (page 205)
  • the great overflowings and recedings of the waters

    Verb

    (head)