project vs overhang

project and overhang both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
project	Yes	No	Yes	No
overhang	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, overhang is a hyponym of project; that is, overhang is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than project:

Other hyponyms of project include push up, thrust, spear, spear up, bag, bulge, cantilever.

project (noun)	overhang (noun)
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted	projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else
a planned undertaking

project (verb)	overhang (verb)
present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.	be suspended over or hang over
regard as objective	project over
communicate vividly
throw, send, or cast forward
transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
make or work out a plan for; devise
put or send forth
draw a projection of
cause to be heard
project on a screen
extend out or project in space