Difference between Estimate and Overestimate

What is the difference between Estimate and Overestimate?

Estimate as a verb is to calculate roughly, often from imperfect data while Overestimate as a verb is to judge too highly:

Estimate

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A rough calculation or guess. A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job will probably cost.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to calculate roughly, often from imperfect data

Example sentence: In an efficient market, at any point in time, the actual price of a security will be a good estimate of its intrinsic value.

Overestimate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to judge too highly:

Example sentence: Humans are terrible at predicting the future. We really overestimate what we can do in the short term and underestimate what we can do in the long term... If we can glimpse even a couple of years into the future, even that's difficult to do.

We hope you now know whether to use Estimate or Overestimate in your sentence.

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