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Overlie vs Overlit - What's the difference?

overlie | overlit |

As verbs the difference between overlie and overlit

is that overlie is to lie over or upon while overlit is (overlight).

overlie

English

Verb

  • To lie over or upon
  • To suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant.

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    overlit

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (overlight)

    • overlight

    English

    Verb

  • To illuminate too brightly.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 15, author=Andy Newman, title=In Hospital Scrubs and Officer’s Blues, a Kinship, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Dozens of times over the next two years, Officer Yan’s work brought him through the sliding glass doors into the overlit clamor of Kings County’s emergency room, one of the busiest in the city. }}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dated) Too light or frivolous; giddy.

    • Noun

  • excessive light
  • * Francis Bacon
    • An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle .