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Overstate vs Overcalculate - What's the difference?

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Overstate is a synonym of overcalculate.


As verbs the difference between overstate and overcalculate

is that overstate is to exaggerate; to state or claim too much while overcalculate is to calculate as being greater than is actually the case.

overstate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.
    • 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.

    Synonyms

    * exaggerate

    Antonyms

    * understate

    Derived terms

    * overstatement

    overcalculate

    English

    Verb

    (overcalculat)
  • To calculate as being greater than is actually the case
  • *{{quote-book, 1822, , Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair, page=135, section=Chapter XI citation
    • , passage=Meanwhile, Mr. Blair began, as anxious people will do, to overcalculate the lapse of time. }}

    Synonyms

    *exaggerate *overestimate *overstate