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Overestimate vs Overcalculate - What's the difference?

overestimate | overcalculate | Synonyms |

Overcalculate is a synonym of overestimate.



As verbs the difference between overestimate and overcalculate

is that overestimate is to judge too highly while overcalculate is to calculate as being greater than is actually the case.

overestimate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • to judge too highly
    • Experts overestimate the level of harm of cigarettes.

    Antonyms

    * (to judge too highly) underestimate

    overcalculate

    English

    Verb

    (overcalculat)
  • To calculate as being greater than is actually the case
  • *{{quote-book, 1822, , Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair, page=135, section=Chapter XI citation
    • , passage=Meanwhile, Mr. Blair began, as anxious people will do, to overcalculate the lapse of time. }}

    Synonyms

    *exaggerate *overestimate *overstate