disbursal vs overhead

overhead vs disbursal

disbursal and overhead both are nouns.

disbursal is not an adjective while overhead is an adjective.

disbursal is not an adverb while overhead is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disbursal	Yes	No	No	No
overhead	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

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

disbursal: amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
overhead: the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes

Other hyponyms of disbursal include business expense, trade expense, interest expense, lobbying expense, medical expense, non-cash expense, moving expense, budget items, operating cost, operating expense, personal expense.

disbursal (noun)	overhead (noun)
the act of spending or disbursing money	a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)	(nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
	a transparency for use with an overhead projector
	(computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
	the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
	(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command

disbursal (adjective)	overhead (adjective)
	located or originating from above

disbursal (adverb)	overhead (adverb)
	above the head; over the head
	above your head; in the sky

Difference between disbursal and overhead

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