different between oppress vs overload

English

Etymology

From Middle English oppressen, from Old French oppresser, from Medieval Latin oppressare (“to press against, oppress”), frequentative of Latin opprimere, past participle oppressus (“to press against, press together, oppress”), from ob (“against”) + premere, past participle pressus (“to press”); see press.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p??s/
• Rhymes: -?s
• Hyphenation: op?press

Verb

oppress (third-person singular simple present oppresses, present participle oppressing, simple past and past participle oppressed)

1. (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.

2. (transitive) To make sad or gloomy.

3. (transitive, obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.

Conjugation

Related terms

• oppression
• oppressive

Translations

Further reading

• oppress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• oppress in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• porpess, soppers

English

Etymology

From over- +? load.

Verb

overload (third-person singular simple present overloads, present participle overloading, simple past and past participle overloaded)

1. (transitive) to load excessively
2. (transitive) to provide too much power to a circuit
3. (transitive, object-oriented programming) to create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts
4. (intransitive) to fail due to excessive load

Related terms

• Category:English words derived from: load (verb)

Translations

Noun

overload (plural overloads)

1. An excessive load.
2. The damage done, or the outage caused by such a load.
3. (computing, programming) An overloaded version of a function.

Quotations

• Glenn Campbell - Wichita Lineman

  I am a lineman for the county and I drive the main road / Searchin' in the sun for another overload

Derived terms

• information overload

Related terms

• Category:English words derived from: load
• overloading (noun)

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