Pretermit vs Overlook - What's the difference?
pretermit | overlook |
To intentionally disregard something, allow it to go unnoticed, or change the subject in response to someone's comment; to omit or fail to carry out something; to prematurely terminate or interrupt something.
To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of
Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly
To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking.
To pretend not to have noticed, especially a mistake; to pass over without censure or punishment.
As verbs the difference between pretermit and overlook
is that pretermit is to intentionally disregard something, allow it to go unnoticed, or change the subject in response to someone's comment; to omit or fail to carry out something; to prematurely terminate or interrupt something while overlook is to look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of.As a noun overlook is
a vista or point that gives a beautiful view.pretermit
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Verb
- (Francis Bacon)
Derived terms
* pretermitted child * pretermitted custom * pretermitted heir * pretermitted spouseoverlook
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(Webster 1913)Verb
(en verb)- to overlook a valley from a hill
- to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter