Overrate vs Overstate - What's the difference?
overrate | overstate |
To esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due.
To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.
As verbs the difference between overrate and overstate
is that overrate is to esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due while overstate is to exaggerate; to state or claim too much.overrate
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Alternative forms
* over-rateVerb
(en-verb)overstate
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Verb
(en-verb)- I think it is overstating matters to say that an hour online is spending all night on the computer.
- He was suggested not to overstate at the interview.