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hot up vs overheat

overheat vs hot up

hot up and overheat both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hot up No No Yes No
overheat No No Yes No
As verbs, overheat is a hyponym of hot up; that is, overheat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hot up:
  • hot up: gain heat or get hot
  • overheat: get excessively and undesirably hot
Other hyponyms of hot up include fry.
hot up (verb) overheat (verb)
make more powerful get excessively and undesirably hot
make more intense make excessively or undesirably hot
gain heat or get hot
Difference between hot up and overheat

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