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Overwhelming vs Overbearing - What's the difference?

overwhelming | overbearing |

As adjectives the difference between overwhelming and overbearing

is that overwhelming is overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong while overbearing is overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.

As a verb overwhelming

is present participle of to overwhelm.

overwhelming

English

Verb

(head)
  • Present participle of to overwhelm .

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
  • *
    • The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades.
  • Very great or intense.
  • Extreme.

    • Antonyms

    * underwhelming

    overbearing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.

    • Synonyms

    * demanding, dictatorial, dominant, haughty, high-handed * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * overbearingly

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