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overdress vs tart up

tart up vs overdress

overdress and tart up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
overdress No No Yes No
tart up No No Yes No
As verbs, tart up is a hyponym of overdress; that is, tart up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than overdress:
  • overdress: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
  • tart up: dress up in a cheap and provocative way
Other hyponyms of overdress include dress, plume, preen, primp, prank, enrobe, bedizen, dizen.
overdress (verb) tart up (verb)
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive dress up in a cheap and provocative way
dress too warmly decorate in a cheap and flashy way
Difference between overdress and tart up

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