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Overtime vs Timeout - What's the difference?

overtime | timeout |

As nouns the difference between overtime and timeout

is that overtime is the working time outside of one's regular hours while timeout is the allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.

As an adverb overtime

is exceeding regular working hours.

overtime

English

(wikipedia overtime)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The working time outside of one's regular hours
    • Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime .
  • (sports, countable) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
    • That last-second shot ties the game 99-99 and sends it to overtime !
  • (uncountable) The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.

    • Synonyms

    * (extra period of play) extra time

    Derived terms

    * over-timer, overtimer

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Exceeding regular working hours.

    • timeout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (communication) The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.
    • My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.
  • (communication) The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
    • My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.