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Overload vs Overfreight - What's the difference?

overload | overfreight |

In lang=en terms the difference between overload and overfreight

is that overload is to fail due to excessive load while overfreight is to overload with freight.

As verbs the difference between overload and overfreight

is that overload is to load excessively while overfreight is to overload with freight.

As a noun overload

is an excessive load.

overload

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to load excessively
  • to provide too much power to a circuit
  • (computer science) to create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts
  • to fail due to excessive load
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An excessive load.
  • The damage done, or the outage caused by such a load.
  • (computing, programming) An overloaded version of a function.
  • * 2005 , John C Molluzzo, C++ for business programming?
  • Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class.

    Quotations

    * Glenn Campbell - Wichita Lineman *: I am a lineman for the county and I drive the main road / Searchin' in the sun for another overload

    Derived terms

    * information overload

    overfreight

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To overload with freight.
  • (Webster 1913)