different between overmatch vs overmarch

English

Etymology

From Middle English overmacchen, equivalent to over- +? match.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

overmatch (third-person singular simple present overmatches, present participle overmatching, simple past and past participle overmatched)

1. To match more than intended.

   The regular expression overmatched, capturing the entire paragraph instead of the specific sentence.

2. To be more than equal to or a match for, to surpass; hence, to conquer, vanquish.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 7 p. 104[1]:

     At Lemster, for her Wooll whose Staple doth excell,

     And seemes to over-match the golden Phrygian Fell.

3. To marry to a superior.

Derived terms

• overmatched

Noun

overmatch (plural overmatches)

1. A match in which one opponent is greatly superior to the other.
   • 1748, David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding^[2], 2007 Oxford ed., ¶13:

     […] we can increase the velocity of that force, so as to make it an overmatch for its antagonist.

2. An opponent who is more than a match for another; one who cannot be defeated.

Translations

Antonyms

• undermatch

English

Etymology

over- +? march

Verb

overmarch (third-person singular simple present overmarches, present participle overmarching, simple past and past participle overmarched)

1. (transitive) To cause to march too far, or too often; to exhaust by marching.
   • 1953, Bruce Catton, The army of the Potomac

     They had been overmarched and underfed and they had been ruinously beaten by the Rebels. Someone would have to work on them before they would amount to much as fighting troops.