different between overling vs overline

English

Etymology

From over +? -ling on analogy with underling, or as a revived or dialectal term from Middle English overling (“a superior”), equivalent to over +? -ling.

Noun

overling (plural overlings)

1. (rare) A superior.
   • 1917, Rudyard Kipling, Mesopotamia (poem)

     But the idle-minded overlings who quibbled while they died, [...]

   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

     Reflex laughs from the underlings present, though only grim smiles from the overlings.

2. (Britain dialectal) A ruler; master.

Antonyms

• underling

References

• Oxford English Dictionary

Anagrams

• Lovering, gloverin, lovinger, reloving

English

Etymology

over- +? line, by analogy with underline.

Noun

overline (plural overlines)

1. Synonym of overbar

Verb

overline (third-person singular simple present overlines, present participle overlining, simple past and past participle overlined)

1. To draw a line over or above text.

Adjective

overline (not comparable)

1. Passing over a railway line.
   • 1967, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Papers by Command (volume 39, page 51)

     The total cost of overline bridges in 1965 was £1,506,000 […]