limit vs overflow

limit

verb
  • To have a limit in a particular set. 

  • To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. 

adj
  • Being a fixed limit game. 

noun
  • A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. 

  • The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely. 

  • A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic. 

  • Fixed limit. 

  • The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge. 

  • The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race. 

  • A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc. 

  • A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge). 

  • Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. 

overflow

verb
  • To exceed limits or capacity. 

  • To flow over the edge of a container. 

  • To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range. 

  • To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively. 

  • To flow over the brim of (a container). 

  • To be superabundant; to abound. 

  • To cause an overflow. 

noun
  • The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range. 

  • The spillage resultant from overflow; excess. 

  • Outlet for escape of excess material. 

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