What's the difference between overdo and overdraw?

Overdo


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.
  • (v. t.) To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength.
  • (v. t.) To surpass; to excel.
  • (v. t.) To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.
  • (v. i.) To labor too hard; to do too much.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And when they emerge into the daylight, the chancellor could, once again, be left looking like a salesman who can’t resist overdoing the patter.
  • (2) We have moved far from the ancient Greek principle "Meden agan," "don't overdo anything."
  • (3) Everyone is guilty of overdoing it on Trumpy , because Donald Trump is a jackass of galactic proportions.
  • (4) Adair Turner, the former chairman of the Financial Services Authority, told BBC2's Newsnight last week that the government could be overdoing stimulus to the housing market, which may cause future problems.
  • (5) This paper discusses whether countries in the "developed" world are overdoing it, thereby maybe hampering the essential use of chemicals in the developing countries.
  • (6) We want to take users out of hiding and create a situation where we can say: ‘You are overdoing it.
  • (7) Patients are often so anxious to return to activity that they overdo, leading to a decrease in function with a rapid return to the results of inflammation.
  • (8) Being half shut protects you from overdoing it, but there are still plenty of fabulous works, with time and space to enjoy those that catch your eye.
  • (9) We must not overdo it.” The World Cup was expanded from 24 teams to 32 in 1994 but most proposals for further expansion involve convoluted mathematical contortions or leave open the possibility of making the group stages unbalanced.
  • (10) to be on the overdoing side rather than on the underdoing one in a futile attempt at retaining the function.
  • (11) He added: "There is a danger in overdoing the gloom.
  • (12) Sun damage accumulates over time so avoiding sunburn – and sunbeds – is key as well as getting to know your skin type so you don’t overdo it on the beach or even in the garden.
  • (13) "But a lot of the reason why those endless weekends were happening in New York," he goes on more matter-of-factly, "and why there was a lot of overdoing it, was because the party was over.
  • (14) I was overdoing the last bit, as I mentally prepared to step on to the red carpet, enter the pre-ceremony champagne area, witness the ceremony itself and then mingle with the A-listers at the parties afterwards, like one of the grinning poor relations in The Pickwick Papers.
  • (15) In the US, meanwhile, opioid overdoes deaths increased 200% between 2000 and 2014 alone, and admissions to treatment for opioid problems skyrocketed.
  • (16) According to the degree of adjustment to the new clinical condition, it is possible to distinguish patients who react developing an anxious-depressive status (10-20%), those who realistically adjust to the new functional condition allowed by the pacemaker (70-80%) and those who, denying their disease, tend to overdo in their physical performance (10-20%).
  • (17) Jones positions herself as a sage elder counselling Gaga, Cyrus, Rihanna, Minaj, and others, about not overdoing sexuality and controversy, but she takes a few other swipes as well.
  • (18) So while it’s unquestionably the case that some people drink far too much for their own or society’s good and ought to rein in or stop, most people don’t overdo it.
  • (19) And don't overdo it with the housing allowance – avoid any postcode in which Goldman Sachs partners live.
  • (20) You can overdo the comparisons, but let’s at least agree that Trump’s America and Brexit Britain share the same common tragedy: a large chunk of the public that’s had enough of the same-old failed orthodoxy, a technocratic elite that also knows it’s no longer working – and a political class unable to grasp any real alternatives.

Overdraw


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To exaggerate; to overdo.
  • (v. t.) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) That person overdraws by £501 and it suddenly becomes unauthorised.