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Overstrike vs Overtype - What's the difference?

overstrike | overtype | Synonyms |

Overstrike is a synonym of overtype.


As verbs the difference between overstrike and overtype

is that overstrike is (obsolete|reflexive) to overreach oneself while striking while overtype is to type on top of something already typed.

As nouns the difference between overstrike and overtype

is that overstrike is (numismatics) a coin that has been overstruck, ie coined more than once while overtype is (computing) a feature in wordprocessing whereby each typed character replaces the character after the cursor rather than being inserted before it.

overstrike

English

Verb

  • (obsolete, reflexive) To overreach oneself while striking.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.11:
  • *:For as he in his rage him overstrooke , / He, ere he could his weapon backe repaire, / His side all bare and naked overtooke, / And with his mortal steel quite through the body strooke.
  • To cover up (a design, mark etc.) by stamping another on top of it; to superimpose a mark or logo on (a coin, stamp, etc.).
  • To strike (something) too hard.

    • Noun

  • (numismatics) A coin that has been overstruck, i.e. coined more than once.
  • (typography) The printing of one character over another, as -'' on top of ''L'' to produce ''? .
  • (computing, uncountable) overtype (feature where input replaces existing characters instead of being inserted before them)

    • Anagrams

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    overtype

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (computing) A feature in wordprocessing whereby each typed character replaces the character after the cursor rather than being inserted before it.

    • Synonyms

    * overstrike * typeover

    Verb

    (overtyp)
  • To type on top of something already typed.
    • It produced the yen sign by overtyping "=" on a "Y".