different between submission vs overture

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English submissioun, from Old French soubmission, from Latin submissio, from submitto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?b?m???n/

Noun

submission (countable and uncountable, plural submissions)

1. The act of submitting or yielding; surrender.
2. The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work.

   Any submissions received after Friday will have marks deducted for lateness.

3. The thing which has been submitted.
4. A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports.

Synonyms

• (act of yielding): acquiescence, capitulation, concession, giving in, submittal, obeyance, yielding
• (thing submitted): submittal

Antonyms

• (act of yielding): rebellion, control

Translations

Etymology 2

sub- +? mission

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?b?m???n/

Noun

submission (plural submissions)

1. A subset or component of a mission.

Middle English

Noun

submission

1. Alternative form of submissioun

English

Etymology

From Middle English overture, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French overture, from Old French overture. Doublet of aperture.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v?tj??/, /???v?t?(?)?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?v??t???/

Noun

overture (plural overtures)

1. (obsolete) An opening; a recess or chamber. [15th-19th c.]
   • c. 1612', George Chapman, A Hymne to Hermes

     the cave's inmost overture

2. (obsolete) Disclosure; discovery; revelation.
3. (often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc. [from 15th c.]
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 20:

     My mother had no choice; one did not turn down such an overture from the regent.

4. (Scotland) A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. [from 16th c.]
5. (music) A musical introduction to a piece of music. [from 17th c.]

Antonyms

• (opening of a piece of music): coda

Related terms

• overt

Translations

Verb

overture (third-person singular simple present overtures, present participle overturing, simple past and past participle overtured)

1. (intransitive) To make overtures; to approach with a proposal.
   • 2012, K.H. Rubin, H.S. Ross, Peer Relationships and Social Skills in Childhood (page 44)

     For a partner setting a table in a game of “house,” an overturing child might assume the role of the father returning home from work at dinnertime rather than overturing by throwing a ball toward the child and yelling “catch.”

Anagrams

• trouvère

Old French

Etymology

overt +? -ure, from ovrir (“to open”), or from Vulgar Latin *opert?ra, from Latin apert?ra.

Noun

overture f (oblique plural overtures, nominative singular overture, nominative plural overtures)

1. an opening

   Par l'overture s'en saut hors. (Tristan, Béroul)

   He jumped out through the opening.

Descendants

• English: overture
• French: ouverture