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Overstep vs Crossover - What's the difference?

overstep | crossover |

As a verb overstep

is to go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.

As a noun crossover is

a place where one thing crosses over another.

overstep

English

Verb

  • To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
    • That color scheme really oversteps the bounds of good taste.
    * (English Citations of "overstep")

    Derived terms

    * overstep the mark

    Anagrams

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    crossover

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place where one thing crosses over another.
  • The means by which the crossing is made.
  • ( ) the result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.
  • A blend of multiple styles of music, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
  • An automobile that is a mix of two kinds of automobiles, i.e. the .
  • (rail transport) A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them.
  • A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes.