What's the difference between overheat and overneat?

Overheat


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To heat to excess; to superheat.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) [Pre-programmed only to ask questions, Small Talk begins to overheat and stammer] Erm, erm, no idea.
  • (2) Like, ‘Don’t send us a CD master of the loudest techno music and expect that to be cuttable on a lacquer.’ (The high and low frequencies associated with this type of music can overheat the cutting lathe and cause the mastering machinery to shut down; pushing the process to its limits is the origin of some records being called “hot cuts”.)
  • (3) Spoon the yoghurt, tahini, garlic and a quarter-teaspoon of salt into a medium saucepan, stir and warm through gently; don’t overheat it, or it will split.
  • (4) When I did overheat, I stopped for a shower at one of the many roadside waterfalls cascading down the mountainside.
  • (5) Edmund King, the AA president, said: “With temperatures picking up, travellers will have to make sure their cars don’t overheat and also carry water for themselves should they get stuck in a traffic jam.
  • (6) Physiological-hygienic studies are performed on the thermal status of workers exposed to overheat microclimate in the production of chocolate and other confectionery, according to the following indices: temperature of the skin, perspiration, average temperature of the body and pulse.
  • (7) These events could have given Fed policymakers a very welcome excuse to hit the “pause” button yet again, postponing a rate hike decision until at least their December meeting with the twin arguments that it is too risky to forge ahead in the uncertain market environment and that, anyway, emerging market turmoil has managed to take any steam or froth out of the US economy, reducing the danger it will overheat.
  • (8) But a loosely fitting shirt and maybe some trousers will, far from causing you to overheat, actually offer some protection against the sun as well as preventing nakedness.
  • (9) "This report says, for the first time, that not only are our homes and offices leaky, but that they will start to overheat in a warmer world," said Mallaburn.
  • (10) Wood has her own answer, arguing that Wales has long suffered from being "on the periphery of an economy that is mainly focused on London and the south-east of England and which overheats, to the detriment of the peripheral areas".
  • (11) I may want to lie down and weep as I overheat and struggle to keep up, but the group encouragement gets me through the bootcamp-style workout before we jog into the waves for a two-hour surf lesson.
  • (12) The lithium-ion battery in the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones can overheat and catch fire, posing serious fire and burn hazard to consumers,” the agency said in a release.
  • (13) To make sure the power plant does not overheat, control rods made of a material that absorbs neutrons are lowered into the reactor.
  • (14) Organs can no longer function, and if heatstroke isn’t treated fast, the brain overheats, sometimes leading to death.
  • (15) The more the market were to overheat, the more this measure could bite.
  • (16) If it waits too long there is the possibility that some markets will overheat (remember the housing bubble?)
  • (17) He said "bitter experience" had shown what could happen when the housing market was allowed to overheat.
  • (18) Distrust has only deepened between developed and developing countries over how to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing the earth to overheat.
  • (19) When Greyson and Loubani arrived at Tora, warders purposely left the three-dozen men inside the cramped truck, so that they might overheat in the blazing Cairo sun.
  • (20) When decreasing the blood flow below a certain value (dependent on sea temperature and whale activity) the large whales would overheat.

Overneat


Definition:

  • (a.) Excessively neat.

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