Overwrite vs. Override
Difference Between Overwrite and Override
Overwrite➦
write on top of (other writing)
many names had been scratched out or overwritten
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Override➦
To ride across.
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Overwrite➦
write too elaborately or ornately
there is a tendency to overwrite their parts and fall into cliché
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Override➦
use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.)
the courts will ultimately override any objections
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Overwrite➦
(in insurance) accept more risk than the premium income limits allow.
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Override➦
interrupt the action of (an automatic device), typically in order to take manual control
you can override the cut-out by releasing the switch
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Overwrite➦
To cover (something) with writing.
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Override➦
extend over; overlap
the external rendering should not override the damp-proof membrane
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Overwrite➦
To write about in an artificial or an excessively elaborate, wordy style.
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Override➦
travel or move over
overriding by vehicles is implicated in over half the cases of footway damage
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Overwrite➦
To destroy or lose (old data) by recording new data over it
accidentally overwrote an important document.
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Override➦
a device for suspending an automatic function on a machine
the flash has to have a manual override to be useful
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Overwrite➦
To record (new data) on top of already stored data, thus destroying the old data
overwrote an updated document on top of an earlier draft.
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Override➦
an excess or increase on a budget, salary, or cost
commission overrides give established carriers an unfair advantage
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Overwrite➦
To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.
I accidentally saved my unwanted changes and overwrote the version of the document I wanted to keep.
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Override➦
a cancellation of a decision by exertion of authority or winning of votes
the House vote in favour of the bill was 10 votes short of the requisite majority for an override
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Overwrite➦
(transitive) To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
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Override➦
To ride beyond.
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Overwrite➦
(ambitransitive) To write too much.
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Override➦
To trample on.
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Overwrite➦
(ambitransitive) To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.
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Override➦
To ride (a horse) too hard.
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Overwrite➦
(computing) The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it.
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Override➦
To prevail over; conquer
Budgetary concerns overrode all other considerations.
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Overwrite➦
write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data;
overwrite that file
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Override➦
To declare null and void; set aside
overrode the president's veto.
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Overwrite➦
To write artificial, excessively elaborate, or wordy prose.
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Override➦
To counteract the normal operation of (an automatic control).
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Override➦
To extend over; overlap.
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Override➦
A sales commission collected by an executive in addition to the commission received by a subordinate salesperson.
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Override➦
See royalty.
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Override➦
A mechanism or system used to counteract an automatic control.
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Override➦
The act or an instance of nullifying.
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Override➦
To ride across or beyond something.
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Override➦
To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.
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Override➦
To ride a horse too hard.
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Override➦
To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law.
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Override➦
To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system
Manual controls allow the user to override the camera's default settings.
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Override➦
(object-oriented) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
How the cat runs is defined in the method
run() of the class Cat, which overrides the same method with the same signature of superclass called Mammal.0
Override➦
A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
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Override➦
A royalty.
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Override➦
A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
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Override➦
(object-oriented) A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.
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Override➦
To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart.
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Override➦
To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; to nullify; as, one law overrides another; to override a veto.
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Override➦
To countermand; to overrule; as, a supervisor may override the decision of a subordinate.
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Override➦
To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of the airplane.
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Override➦
To ride beyond; to pass; to outride.
I overrode him on the way.
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Override➦
To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.
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Override➦
a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
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Override➦
the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
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Override➦
rule against;
The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill
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Override➦
prevail over;
health considerations override financial concerns
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Override➦
counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
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Override➦
ride (a horse) too hard
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