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Overrate vs Overestimate - What's the difference?

overrate | overestimate |

As verbs the difference between overrate and overestimate

is that overrate is to esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due while overestimate is to judge too highly.

overrate

English

Alternative forms

* over-rate

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due.
  • overestimate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to judge too highly
  • Experts overestimate the level of harm of cigarettes.

    Antonyms

    * (to judge too highly) underestimate