Overmatch vs Prevail - What's the difference?
overmatch | prevail |
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:
To match more than intended.
To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish.
To marry to a superior.
To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
* , Exodus 17:11
To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
To succeed in persuading]] or [[induce, inducing.
As verbs the difference between overmatch and prevail
is that overmatch is to match more than intended while prevail is to be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.As a noun overmatch
is a match in which one opponent is greatly superior to the other.overmatch
English
Noun
(es)- we can increase the velocity of that force, so as to make it an overmatch for its antagonist.
Verb
(es)- The regular expression overmatched , capturing the entire paragraph instead of the specific sentence.
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Antonyms
*undermatchprevail
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Verb
(en verb)- Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
- And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed'; and when he let down his hand, Amalek ' prevailed .
- In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
- I prevailed on him to wait.