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Overflows vs Overblows - What's the difference?

overflows | overblows |

As verbs the difference between overflows and overblows

is that overflows is third-person singular of overflow while overblows is third-person singular of overblow.

As a noun overflows

is plural of overflow.

overflows

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (overflow)

    • overblows

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (overblow)

    • overblow

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Verb

  • To cover with blossoms or flowers.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) overblowen, equivalent to .

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To blow over; pass over; pass away.
  • * 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
  • *:But art thou not drown'd, Stephano? I hope now thou are / not drown'd. Is the storm overblown ?
  • To blow hard or with much violence.
  • To blow over or across.
  • To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
  • To exaggerate the significance of something.
  • * 2006 , Jock Lauterer, Community Journalism: Relentlessly Local
    • if you do print the DUI story and sensationalize and overblow it
  • (music) To blow a wind instrument hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
  • * 1909 , Leander Jan Bekker, Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians
    • The upper octaves of the flute's compass are produced by overblowing .

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