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exaggerate vs oversimplify

oversimplify vs exaggerate

exaggerate and oversimplify both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
exaggerate No No Yes No
oversimplify No No Yes No
As verbs, oversimplify is a hyponym of exaggerate; that is, oversimplify is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than exaggerate:
  • exaggerate: do something to an excessive degree
  • oversimplify: simplify to an excessive degree
Other hyponyms of exaggerate include overpraise, overleap.
exaggerate (verb) oversimplify (verb)
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth simplify to an excessive degree
do something to an excessive degree
Difference between exaggerate and oversimplify

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