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population vs overpopulation

overpopulation vs population

population and overpopulation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
population Yes No No No
overpopulation Yes No No No
As nouns, overpopulation is a hyponym of population; that is, overpopulation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than population:
  • population: a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
  • overpopulation: too much population
population (noun) overpopulation (noun)
the act of populating (causing to live in a place) too much population
(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
the people who inhabit a territory or state
a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)
Difference between population and overpopulation

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