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spend vs overspend

overspend vs spend

spend and overspend both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
spend No No Yes No
overspend No No Yes No
As verbs, overspend is a hyponym of spend; that is, overspend is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than spend:
  • spend: spend completely
  • overspend: spend more than available of (a budget)
Other hyponyms of spend include underspend.
spend (verb) overspend (verb)
pay out spend at a high rate
spend completely spend more than available of (a budget)
use up a period of time in a specific way
Difference between spend and overspend

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