override vs overthrow

override

noun
  • A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control. 

  • A royalty. 

  • A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved. 

  • A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others. 

verb
  • To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system 

  • To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature. 

  • To ride a horse too hard. 

  • To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly. 

  • To ride across or beyond something. 

  • To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority. 

overthrow

noun
  • A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force. 

  • A throw that goes too far. 

  • A run scored by the batting side when a fielder throws the ball back to the infield, whence it continues to the opposite outfield. 

verb
  • To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force. 

  • To throw (something) so that it goes too far. 

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