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heat up vs overheat

overheat vs heat up

heat up and overheat both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
heat up No No Yes No
overheat No No Yes No
As verbs, overheat is a hyponym of heat up; that is, overheat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than heat up:
  • heat up: make hot or hotter
  • overheat: make excessively or undesirably hot
Other hyponyms of heat up include crisp, crispen, toast, scald, soak, calcine, preheat, scorch, sear, bake, broil, reheat.
As verbs, overheat is a hyponym of heat up; that is, overheat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than heat up:
  • heat up: gain heat or get hot
  • overheat: get excessively and undesirably hot
Other hyponyms of heat up include fry.
heat up (verb) overheat (verb)
make hot or hotter get excessively and undesirably hot
gain heat or get hot make excessively or undesirably hot
make more intense
Difference between heat up and overheat

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