different between congestion vs overloading

English

Etymology

From Middle French [Term?], from Latin congest?? (“heap, accumulation”), from conger? (“to bring together, accumulate, heap up”), formed by the root ger? (“to carry”) and the prefix con-.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?d???st.??n/, /-?d????.d???n/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /k?n?d????.d???n/

Noun

congestion (countable and uncountable, plural congestions)

1. The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
   1. An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.

   2. (medicine) Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive

2. An excess or accumulation of something
   1. An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.

   2. (medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
   3. edema, water retention, swelling, enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels

Derived terms

Related terms

• congest

Translations

Further reading

• congestion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• congestion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• neognostic

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.??s.tj??/

Noun

congestion f (plural congestions)

1. congestion

Interlingua

Noun

congestion (uncountable)

1. congestion

English

Etymology

From over +? loading

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.v?(?)l??d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?.v?lo?.di?/
• Hyphenation: o?ver?loa?ding

Noun

overloading (countable and uncountable, plural overloadings)

1. (object-oriented programming) A type of polymorphism, where different functions, operators or variables with the same name are invoked based on the data types of the parameters passed.
2. (transport) loading of a vehicle with too heavy a weight.

   Operators can be fined for overloading of vehicles.

Hyponyms

• function overloading
• method overloading
• operator overloading

Related terms

• overload

Translations

Verb

overloading

1. present participle of overload