Difference between Excessive and Overweening

What is the difference between Excessive and Overweening?

Excessive as an adjective is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate. while Overweening as an adjective is unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.

Excessive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

Example sentence: The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

Overweening

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Conceit; arrogance.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.Exaggerated, excessive.

We hope you now know whether to use Excessive or Overweening in your sentence.

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