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Overhearing vs Overheating - What's the difference?

overhearing | overheating |

As verbs the difference between overhearing and overheating

is that overhearing is while overheating is .

As a noun overhearing

is the act by which something is overheard.

overhearing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is overheard.
  • * 2006 , Amy Shuman, Storytelling Rights (page 25)
    • Where overhearings were intended, as in conversations that girls wanted boys to overhear, the speaker often directed her gaze at the boy who was supposed to overhear while turning her mouth toward the ear of the listener.

    overheating

    English

    Verb

    (head)