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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.
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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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(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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To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of the airplane.
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To ride beyond; to pass; to outride.
I overrode him on the way.
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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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