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Overdone vs Overkill - What's the difference?

overdone | overkill |

As verbs the difference between overdone and overkill

is that overdone is while overkill is to destroy something with more (nuclear) force than is required.

As an adjective overdone

is boiled, baked or roasted too much.

As a noun overkill is

(literally) a destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.

overdone

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Boiled, baked or roasted too much.
  • Exaggerated.
  • * 1997 , Lawrence Norfolk, The Pope's Rhinoceros
    • There are lots of pauses and little detours, hitchings-up of their smocks, inspection of the soles of their feet, some rather overdone limping.

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    overkill

    English

    Noun

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  • (literally) A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.
  • (idiomatic) An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.
    • 24 hours of TV coverage of the US election verged on overkill .
    Should I give you yet more homework, or would that be overkill ?

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To destroy something with more (nuclear) force than is required.