Overload vs Overtax - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between overload and overtax

is that overload is to load excessively while overtax is to tax to an excessive degree.

is an excessive load.

(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

(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.

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

* information overload

To tax to an excessive degree

To overburden

:The overtaxed shaft snapped.