bid vs overcall

overcall vs bid

bid and overcall both are nouns.

bid is a verb but overcall is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bid	Yes	No	Yes	No
overcall	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, overcall is a hyponym of bid; that is, overcall is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bid:

bid: (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
overcall: (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)

Other hyponyms of bid include contract, declaration, takeout, overbid, pre-empt, preempt, preemptive bid.

bid (noun)	overcall (noun)
an attempt to get something	(bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

bid (verb)	overcall (verb)
ask someone in a friendly way to do something
invoke upon
ask for or request earnestly
propose a payment
make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
make a serious effort to attain something

Difference between bid and overcall

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