overstep vs overtake

overstep

noun
  • A movement in which one oversteps. 

  • A gait in which the hind foot touches ground in front of where the front foot touches the ground. 

verb
  • To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward. 

  • To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions. 

  • To move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front foot touches the ground. 

overtake

noun
  • An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver. 

verb
  • To become greater than something else 

  • To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away 

  • To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic). 

How often have the words overstep and overtake occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )