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abide vs overstay

overstay vs abide

abide and overstay both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
abide No No Yes No
overstay No No Yes No
As verbs, overstay is a hyponym of abide; that is, overstay is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than abide:
  • abide: dwell
  • overstay: stay too long
Other hyponyms of abide include visit, outstay.
abide (verb) overstay (verb)
put up with something or somebody unpleasant stay too long
dwell
Difference between abide and overstay

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