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Overcrowded vs Saturated - What's the difference?

overcrowded | saturated | Related terms |

As verbs the difference between overcrowded and saturated

is that overcrowded is past tense of overcrowd while saturated is past tense of saturate.

As adjectives the difference between overcrowded and saturated

is that overcrowded is containing too many occupants for an area of its size while saturated is full; unable to hold or contain any more.

overcrowded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (overcrowd)

    • Adjective

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

    • saturated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (saturate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
  • (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
  • (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
  • (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.

    • Related terms

    * saturate * saturity * unsaturated * polyunsaturated