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Terms vs Overtype - What's the difference?

terms | overtype |

As nouns the difference between terms and overtype

is that terms is while overtype is (computing) a feature in wordprocessing whereby each typed character replaces the character after the cursor rather than being inserted before it.

As a verb overtype is

to type on top of something already typed.

terms

English

Noun

(head)

    • Statistics

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    overtype

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (computing) A feature in wordprocessing whereby each typed character replaces the character after the cursor rather than being inserted before it.

    • Synonyms

    * overstrike * typeover

    Verb

    (overtyp)
  • To type on top of something already typed.
    • It produced the yen sign by overtyping "=" on a "Y".