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Overscale vs Overscaled - What's the difference?

overscale | overscaled | Synonyms |

Overscaled is a synonym of overscale.



As adjectives the difference between overscale and overscaled

is that overscale is out of scale; much too large for the context in which it exists while overscaled is oversized; larger than the proper scale.

overscale

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Out of scale; much too large for the context in which it exists
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 28, author=Nicolai Ouroussoff, title=Where Gods Yearn for Long-Lost Treasures, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=A wildly overscale concrete canopy juts over the main entry plaza. }}

    Synonyms

    *overscaled

    overscaled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Oversized; larger than the proper scale
  • *{{quote-news, year=1988, date=June 10, author=, title=One for the Books, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=There are several obligatory postmodernist quirks, such as the wildly overscaled sculptural excrescences at the roof line. }}

    Synonyms

    *overscale