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Overload vs Overwork - What's the difference?

overload | overwork |

In lang=en terms the difference between overload and overwork

is that overload is to fail due to excessive load while overwork is to work too hard.

As verbs the difference between overload and overwork

is that overload is to load excessively while overwork is to make (someone) work too hard.

As nouns the difference between overload and overwork

is that overload is an excessive load while overwork is a superstructure.

overload

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to load excessively
  • to provide too much power to a circuit
  • (computer science) to create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts
  • to fail due to excessive load
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An excessive load.
  • The damage done, or the outage caused by such a load.
  • (computing, programming) An overloaded version of a function.
  • * 2005 , John C Molluzzo, C++ for business programming?
  • Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class.

    Quotations

    * Glenn Campbell - Wichita Lineman *: I am a lineman for the county and I drive the main road / Searchin' in the sun for another overload

    Derived terms

    * information overload

    overwork

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • To make (someone) work too hard.
  • to overwork a horse
  • To work too hard.
  • To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.
  • * Longfellow
  • My days with toil are overwrought .
  • To decorate all over.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), .

    Noun

    (-)
  • a superstructure
  • excessive work; overtime
  • * 1878', ''Phosphorus in functional disorders of the nervous system, induced by '''overwork and other influences incidental to modern life
  • Various disordered conditions consequent upon overwork , which are characteristic of modern civilisation.
  • * 1996 , Wilkie Au, Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration
  • When it comes to overwork , denial looms large.
  • * 2003 , Ernie J Zelinski, Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed, and Overworked
  • The Japanese term for sudden death from overwork .

    See also

    * overtime