different between overside vs surface

English

Etymology 1

1880, from the phrase over the side (of a ship), equivalent to over +? side.

Adjective

overside (not comparable)

1. Located or positioned over the side, especially of a ship.

   overside cargo

2. On the opposite side.

Adverb

overside (not comparable)

1. Over the side.

   The cargo was dumped overside by the crew.

Etymology 2

From over- +? side.

Noun

overside (plural oversides)

1. The side facing up or positioned above; the topside; surface.
   • 1882, English mechanic and world of science: Volume 34 - Page 547:

     […] that is, glued to the underside of one card and the overside of the next, thus keeping their edges close and parallel to each other, […]

   • 1981, Berit Wells, Opuscula Romana XIII: Volume 13:

     While the overside of the tiles was well smoothed, the underside was in general left crude and rough.

   • 1999, Pynchon notes: Issues 40-41:

     This chapter contains some of the most humorous writing on the overside of the narrative, and the most serious on the underside.

2. The reverse or opposite side of something.

   the overside of the record

Antonyms

• underside

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From over- +? side

Noun

overside f or m (definite singular oversida or oversiden, indefinite plural oversider, definite plural oversidene)

1. upper side, topside

Antonyms

• underside

References

• “overside” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From over- +? side

Noun

overside f (definite singular oversida, indefinite plural oversider, definite plural oversidene)

1. upper side, topside

Antonyms

• underside

References

• “overside” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

From French surface.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??f?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s??f?s/

Noun

surface (plural surfaces)

1. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
2. The outside hull of a tangible object.
3. (figuratively) Outward or external appearance.
   • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].

4. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.
5. (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Stocqueler to this entry?)

Synonyms

• overside
• superfice (archaic)

Derived terms

Related terms

• surficial

Translations

Verb

surface (third-person singular simple present surfaces, present participle surfacing, simple past and past participle surfaced)

1. (transitive) To provide something with a surface.
2. (transitive) To apply a surface to something.
3. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
4. (transitive) To bring to the surface.
   • 2007, Patrick Valentine, The Sage of Aquarius (page 182)

     Sage went immediately to work; Damien surfaced the submarine and readied the group to meet outside the hatch.

5. (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
6. (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
7. (transitive) To make information or facts known.
8. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
9. (intransitive) To appear or be found.

Translations

French

Etymology

sur- +? face, calque of Latin superficies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy?.fas/
• Homophones: surfaces, surfacent

Noun

surface f (plural surfaces)

1. surface

Derived terms

Further reading

• “surface” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).