Overpriced vs Overcharged - What's the difference?
overpriced | overcharged |
Priced higher than what it is really worth.
(overprice)
(overcharge)
to charge more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill
to continue to charge an electric device beyond its electrical capacity
To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress.
To fill too full; to crowd.
* Addison
To exaggerate.
As verbs the difference between overpriced and overcharged
is that overpriced is past tense of overprice while overcharged is past tense of overcharge.As an adjective overpriced
is priced higher than what it is really worth.overpriced
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The overpriced items would not sell.
Verb
(head)- He overpriced the items to ensure they would not sell.
overcharged
English
Verb
(head)overcharge
English
Verb
- (Sir Walter Raleigh)
- Our language is overcharged with consonants.
- to overcharge a description
