Purge vs Overcompensate - What's the difference?
purge | overcompensate |
An act of .
(medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
A cleansing of pipes.
A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
(religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
* Bible, Psalms lxxix. 9
* Addison
(medicine) to void (the bowels); to vomit.
(medicine) To operate on (somebody) as a cathartic, or in a similar manner.
(legal) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
To become pure, as by clarification.
To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
To do an excessive amount in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
To provide excessive pay or reward for work performed.
As verbs the difference between purge and overcompensate
is that purge is while overcompensate is to do an excessive amount in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.purge
English
(wikipedia purge)Noun
(en noun)- Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.
- (Arbuthnot)
Verb
(purg)- Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
- We'll join our cares to purge away / Our country's crimes.