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Overmatch vs Overcatch - What's the difference?

overmatch | overcatch |

As verbs the difference between overmatch and overcatch

is that overmatch is to match more than intended while overcatch is to overtake.

As a noun overmatch

is a match in which one opponent is greatly superior to the other.

overmatch

English

Noun

(es)
  • A match in which one opponent is greatly superior to the other
  • * 1748 , , An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding [http://books.google.com/books?id=aA9XN9zC56oC], 2007 Oxford ed., ΒΆ13:
    • we can increase the velocity of that force, so as to make it an overmatch for its antagonist.

    Related terms

    *overmatched

    Verb

    (es)
  • To match more than intended.
    • The regular expression overmatched , capturing the entire paragraph instead of the specific sentence.
  • To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish.
    • (Drayton)
  • To marry to a superior.
    • (Burton)

    Antonyms

    *undermatch

    overcatch

    English

    Verb

  • To overtake.
  • To catch too many; to overfish.