different between overlap vs lapwork

English

Etymology

over- +? lap

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)
  • (verb): enPR: ?'v?-l?p?, IPA^(key): /???v??læp/
  • (noun): enPR: ??v?-l?p', IPA^(key): /???v??læp/
• (General American)
  • (verb): enPR: ?'v?r-l?p?, IPA^(key): /?o?v??læp/
  • (noun): enPR: ??v?r-l?p', IPA^(key): /?o?v??læp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Verb

overlap (third-person singular simple present overlaps, present participle overlapping, simple past and past participle overlapped) (transitive, intransitive)

1. To extend over and partly cover something.

   The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk.

2. To have an area, range, character or function in common.

   The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges.

   • Memento unfolds over 22 scenes—or, more accurately, 22 strands of time, the main strand (in color) moving backward in increments, and another strand (in black and white) going forward, though the two overlap profoundly.

3. (mathematics) Of sets: to have some elements in common.

   The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians).

4. (genetics) To have some similar nucleotide sequences.

Synonyms

• intersect

Translations

Noun

overlap (plural overlaps)

1. Something that overlaps or is overlapped
2. (rugby) a situation in the game where an attacking line has more players in it than the defensive line coming to meet it. The attacking side may exploit the overlap by using their superior numbers to break the opposition's defensive line. If attackers outnumber defenders by more than one player this is often termed a two man overlap or three man overlap, etc. If the attacking side fails to break through usually due to poor execution, they are said to waste an overlap.
3. (insurance, pensions) The payment of a spouse's or other dependant's annuity benefits concurrently with the member's benefits, on death of the member during the guarantee period.

Translations

References

English

Etymology

lap +? work

Noun

lapwork (uncountable)

1. Work in which one part overlaps another.
   • 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musaeum Regalis Societatis, or, A catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge

     A basket […] into which by the Indian-Women are wrought, by a kind of Lap-Work, the Quills of Porcupines

References

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