Overstate vs Understate - What's the difference?
overstate | understate | Antonyms |
To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.
To state something with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
To state something with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony.
To state a quantity that is too low.
Understate is a antonym of overstate.
As verbs the difference between overstate and understate
is that overstate is to exaggerate; to state or claim too much while understate is to state something with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.overstate
English
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.
