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Overmuch vs Intemperate - What's the difference?

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As a determiner overmuch

is very much; too much.

As an adverb overmuch

is too much; overly much.

As an adjective intemperate is

lacking moderation, temper or control.

As a verb intemperate is

to disorder.

overmuch

English

Determiner

(en determiner)
  • (chiefly, British) very much; too much
  • * 1990 , , Britain's defence dilemma: An inside view (rethinking British defence policy in the post-imperial era) , page 78,
    • This seemed to me a more important priority in 1959 than overmuch argument about nuclear philosophical heresies of one kind or another.

    Adverb

  • (chiefly, British) too much; overly much
    • Some readers do not care overmuch for poetry.

    intemperate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking moderation, temper or control.
    • intemperate''' language; '''intemperate zeal
    Bad week for: Jeremy Clarkson, who has become a hate figure in Malaysia after launching an intemperate attack on a Malaysian built car'' - ''The Week , 14 April 2007, 609 , 4.
  • Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (intemperat)
  • (obsolete) To disorder.
    • (Webster 1913)