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Terms vs Overwait - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and overwait

is that terms is while overwait is the period of time one overwaits; an excessive duration of waiting; delay.

As a verb overwait is

to wait for an excessive amount of time; wait beyond the time allowed or expected; wait too long.

terms

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Noun

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    overwait

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wait for an excessive amount of time; wait beyond the time allowed or expected; wait too long.
  • * 1915 , Worcester Polytechnic Institute, The Journal of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute :
    • I didn't waste any time getting to sleep, and the orderly didn't overwait his time, either. I miscalculated on the moon and the depth of our chasm. I expected the moon to appear some time before midnight, but she didn't.
  • * 2000 , Jeff Walling, Daring to Dance With God :
    • I'm convinced we behave like this because most of us overwait for times of respite, and then we try to cram a month's peace into two weeks of hectic vacationing.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The period of time one overwaits; an excessive duration of waiting; delay.
  • * 1912 , The English reports:
    • But they have objected that this word oppresse is incertain; for he may be oppressed with overwait , or hunger and cold.