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Overling vs Overline - What's the difference?

overling | overline |

As nouns the difference between overling and overline

is that overling is (rare) a superior while overline is a line drawn over text or a repeating decimal.

As a verb overline is

to draw a line over or above text.

As an adjective overline is

passing over a railway line.

overling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rare) A superior.
  • * 1917 , , Mesopotamia (poem)
    • But the idle-minded overlings who quibbled while they died, [...]
  • * 1973 ,
    • Reflex laughs from the underlings present, though only grim smiles from the overlings .
  • A ruler; master.

    • Antonyms

    * underling

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary

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    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A line drawn over text or a repeating decimal.
    • (Greek abbreviation of Jesus Christ)

    Verb

    (overlin)
  • To draw a line over or above text.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Passing over a railway line.
  • * 1967 , Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Papers by Command (volume 39, page 51)
    • The total cost of overline bridges in 1965 was £1,506,000