different between overgraze vs overbrowse

overgraze

English

Etymology

over- +? graze

Verb

overgraze (third-person singular simple present overgrazes, present participle overgrazing, simple past and past participle overgrazed)

  1. (transitive) to graze land excessively, to the detriment of the land and its vegetation
  2. (intransitive) to allow animals to graze excessively

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overbrowse

English

Etymology

over- +? browse

Verb

overbrowse (third-person singular simple present overbrowses, present participle overbrowsing, simple past and past participle overbrowsed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To browse (eat vegetation) too much, to the detriment of the environment.
    • 1999, Allan Savory, Jody Butterfield, Holistic management: a new framework for decision making
      The few elephants that remained continued to overbrowse the trees, now ripping the bark off them as well and speeding their demise.

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  • overgraze

overbrowse From the web:

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  • meaning of overcrowded
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