tense vs overstrung

tense is a noun but overstrung is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tense	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
overstrung	No	Yes	No	No

tense (noun)	overstrung (noun)
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

tense (adjective)	overstrung (adjective)
taut or rigid; stretched tight	too tightly strung
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')	being in a tense state
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

tense (verb)	overstrung (verb)
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
become tense, nervous, or uneasy
increase the tension on
become stretched or tense or taut