different between overpast vs overpost

English

Etymology

over- +? past

Adjective

overpast (not comparable)

1. (archaic) ended; having passed over or passed by

   • Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

   • 1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima

     That the Princess had done with him, done with him for ever, remained the most vivid impression that Hyacinth had carried away from Madeira Crescent the night before.... He was overpast, he had become vague, he was extinct.

Anagrams

• postrave

English

Etymology

over- +? post

Verb

overpost (third-person singular simple present overposts, present participle overposting, simple past and past participle overposted)

1. To post too much or too often.
2. To pass over swiftly, as if by post.
3. (cartography) To print a text label or other graphic feature on top of another symbol.
4. To place a poster so that it covers all or part of another poster.
5. (computing) To breach security by overwriting data that is not intended for user input.

Noun

overpost (plural overposts)

1. (accounting) An entry that has been posted more than once to a journal.
2. (cartography) An overlap of two graphic elements.

Anagrams

• overpots, overtops, proovest, stop over, stop-over, stopover