different between overbow vs overbrow

English

Etymology

over- +? bow

Verb

overbow (third-person singular simple present overbows, present participle overbowing, simple past and past participle overbowed)

1. (obsolete) To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction.
   • 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre

     the best way to straighten what is crooked, is to over-bow it

English

Etymology

over- +? brow

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /???v?(?)?b?a?/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /???v?(?)b?a?/

Verb

overbrow (third-person singular simple present overbrows, present participle overbrowing, simple past and past participle overbrowed)

1. (poetic, transitive) To hang over like a brow; to impend over.
   • 1852, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Woods in Winter", in The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

     With solemn feet I tread the hill, That overbrows the lonely vale

   • 18000, William Wordsworth, Michael

     Did with a huge projection overbrow
     Large space beneath.

References

overbrow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.