What's the difference between overcatch and overmatch?

Overcatch


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To overtake.

Example Sentences:

Overmatch


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish.
  • (v. t.) To marry (one) to a superior.
  • (n.) One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The overmatching was greatest during the first 5 second period following the conditioning contraction, and during the subsequent 20 seconds it gradually declined to near reference levels.
  • (2) In the first experiment extension of the arm immediately following conditioning increased the error, in the second it slightly decreased it, although tension continued to be overmatched.
  • (3) While it's not a guarantee that the Tigers would have won the ALCS had they started Game Three at home leading 2-0 rather than tied 1-1, Ortiz's grand slam altered the entire feel of a series which began with the Red Sox looking utterly overmatched by the Detroit Tigers pitchers.
  • (4) Vibration, noise, meteorologic conditions overmatch the normal parameters.
  • (5) Response proportions overmatched reinforcer proportions to a greater extent at long component durations in the closed economy, but there was no systematic effect of component duration on responding in the open economy.
  • (6) Third, the conditions for efficiency overmatching in a cohort study are different from the conditions in a case-control study.
  • (7) Regardless, Boston swept an overmatched Colorado team and won their second title in four seasons.
  • (8) In the north, a depleted Night's Watch seems overmatched against the inexorable Wall advances of Mance Rayder's army of wildlings, which in turn is being trailed by an even more formidable foe: the undead White Walkers.
  • (9) And as he showed in his bout with Brazeau, the apparently overmatched Dauphin can be an effective counter-puncher.
  • (10) Russia “could introduce [weapons] much more quickly than the US”, he said, adding that US arms “would be overmatched by Russian escalation”.
  • (11) Booing your own Championship team when overmatched by an opponent performing at an unbelievable level?
  • (12) In both experiments subjects reported an accurate match using significantly more than the reference force ("overmatched") after an m.v.c.
  • (13) Floyd Mayweather coasted to a one-sided unanimous decision over the hopelessly overmatched Andre Berto before 13,395 fans on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
  • (14) In addition, both the original and the purely algebraic versions of matching theory can be asserted in forms that allow for commonly observed deviations from matching (bias, undermatching, and overmatching).
  • (15) Firefighters are not yet overmatched, but they are overstretched.

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