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Overgrown vs Teeming - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between overgrown and teeming

is that overgrown is past participle of lang=en while teeming is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective overgrown

is having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.

overgrown

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
  • (In the form "An overgrown X") Something which has grown bigger but has not changed its character.
  • He spends so much money on new technology, he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.

    Verb

    (head)
  • teeming

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Abundantly filled with especially living things.
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