Overlay vs Superimposed - What's the difference?
overlay | superimposed |
To lay, or spread, something over or across; to cover.
* Spenser
* Milton
To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
* Sir Walter Raleigh
* Bible, 1 Kings iii. 19
* Dryden
*1993 , (Pat Barker), The Eye in the Door'', Penguin 2014 (''The Regeneration Trilogy ), p. 371:
*:Prostitutes, thieves, girls who ‘overlaid ’ their babies, abortionists who stuck their knitting needles into something vital – did they really need to be here?
(printing) To put an on.
(printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
(betting) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
(horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
* 1994 , Roger Frost, The IT in Secondary Science Book (page 56)
(superimpose)
Positioned on or above something else, especially in layers
(geology) layered or stratified
As verbs the difference between overlay and superimposed
is that overlay is to lay, or spread, something over or across; to cover while superimposed is past tense of superimpose.As a noun overlay
is a piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.As an adjective superimposed is
positioned on or above something else, especially in layers.overlay
English
Verb
- as when a cloud his beams doth overlay
- framed of cedar overlaid with gold
- when any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it
- This woman's child died in the night, because she overlaid it.
- a heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire
Noun
(en noun)- The keyboard overlay can be a memory jogger and a great help with spelling. In this way the keyboard makes word processing more accessible to younger as well as special needs children.