Higher vs Overtop - What's the difference?

higher | overtop |


As an adjective higher

is (high).

As an adverb higher

is .

As a noun higher

is a national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.

As a verb overtop is

to be higher than, to rise over the top of.

higher

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (high)

    • Adverb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.

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    overtop

    English

    Verb

    (overtopp)
  • To be higher than, to rise over the top of.
  • *1955 , William Golding, The Inheritors , Faber and Faber 2005, p. 79:
  • *:There was a single birch tree that overtopped the other trees on the island, and was now picked out against the moon-drenched sky.
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