Difference between Overactive and Hyperactive

What is the difference between Overactive and Hyperactive?

Overactive as an adjective is excessively active while Hyperactive as an adjective is having an increased state of activity

Overactive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Excessively active

Hyperactive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: having an increased state of activityhaving attention deficit disorder (no longer used by the scientific community)

We hope you now know whether to use Overactive or Hyperactive in your sentence.

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