Override vs Overwhelm - What's the difference?
override | overwhelm |
To ride across or beyond something.
To ride a horse too hard.
To counteract the normal operation of something.
*
(programming, object-oriented) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
A royalty.
A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
To engulf, surge over and submerge.
To overpower, crush.
* Bible, Psalms lxxviii. 53
To overpower emotionally.
To cause to surround, to cover.
As verbs the difference between override and overwhelm
is that override is to ride across or beyond something while overwhelm is to engulf, surge over and submerge.As a noun override
is a mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.override
English
Verb
- The Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law .
- The needs of the windmill must override everything else, he said.
- How the cat runs is defined in the method
run()
of the classCat
, which overrides the same method with the same signature of superclass calledMammal
.
Usage notes
* The form overrode is sometimes used as a past participle, in place of the standard overridden.See also
* (programming) overloadNoun
(en noun)overwhelm
English
Verb
- The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
- In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
- The sea overwhelmed their enemies.
- He was overwhelmed with guilt.
- Joy overwhelmed her when she realized that she had won a million dollars.
- (Papin)