Supervise vs Overman - What's the difference?
supervise | overman |
To direct, manage, or oversee; to be in charge
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, title= (obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
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A person who supervises others; a supervisor.
A person with great powers; a superman.
to provide with too many personnel
As verbs the difference between supervise and overman
is that supervise is to direct, manage, or oversee; to be in charge while overman is to provide with too many personnel.As a noun overman is
a person who supervises others; a supervisor.supervise
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Verb
(supervis)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
- Let me supervise the canzonet.