Overdo vs Overdose - What's the difference?
overdo | overdose |
To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.
* Shakespeare
To overtask or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust.
To surpass; to excel.
To cook too much.
To dose excessively, to take an overdose.
To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.
As verbs the difference between overdo and overdose
is that overdo is to do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far while overdose is to dose excessively, to take an overdose.As a noun overdose is
an excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.overdo
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Verb
- Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing.
- to overdo one's strength
- (Tennyson)
- to overdo the meat
References
* *Anagrams
* English irregular verbsoverdose
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Verb
(overdos)- Be careful not to overdose on those pills.
- She overdosed on cocaine.