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Overhand vs Overhard - What's the difference?

overhand | overhard |

As adjectives the difference between overhand and overhard

is that overhand is executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders while overhard is too hard.

As an adverb overhand

is in such a manner.

overhand

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders
  • Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together
  • (of a loop in rope) With the working part on top of the standing part
  • The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
  • * Sir T. More
    • He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me.

    Antonyms

    * underhand

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In such a manner

    • Anagrams

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    overhard

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Too hard.

    • Derived terms

    *overhardly