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Overrode vs Overwrite - What's the difference?

overrode | overwrite |

As verbs the difference between overrode and overwrite

is that overrode is (override) while overwrite is (computing) to destroy old data by recording new data over it.

overrode

English

Verb

(head)
  • (override)

  • override

    English

    Verb

  • To ride across or beyond something.
  • To ride a horse too hard.
  • To counteract the normal operation of something.
  • The Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law .
  • *
  • The needs of the windmill must override everything else, he said.
  • (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.
  • How the cat runs is defined in the method run() of the class Cat, which overrides the same method with the same signature of superclass called Mammal.

    Usage notes

    * The form overrode is sometimes used as a past participle, in place of the standard overridden.

    See also

    * (programming) overload

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • overwrite

    English

    Verb

  • (computing) To destroy old data by recording new data over it.
  • To cover in writing.