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Overload vs Overvoltage - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between overload and overvoltage

is that overload is an excessive load while overvoltage is (physics) the difference between the electric potential of an electrode or cell under the passage of a current and the thermodynamic value of the electrode or cell potential in the absence of electrolysis; overpotential.

As a verb overload

is to load excessively.

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

    overvoltage

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia overvoltage) (en noun)
  • (physics) The difference between the electric potential of an electrode or cell under the passage of a current and the thermodynamic value of the electrode or cell potential in the absence of electrolysis; overpotential.
  • The hazardous condition that occurs when the voltage in a circuit is raised above that for which it was designed.