override vs permit

override

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

  • 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. 

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

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

permit

verb
  • To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. 

  • To allow for, to make something possible. 

  • To allow, to admit (of). 

  • To grant formal authorization for (something). 

  • To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something). 

  • To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. 

noun
  • A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus. 

  • An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. 

  • A learner's permit. 

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