Comprehensively vs Overall - What's the difference?
comprehensively | overall |
In a comprehensive manner; completely; thoroughly; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion.
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, year=2011
, date=October 15
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd
, work=BBC Sport
(British) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
(in the plural, US) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.
As adverbs the difference between comprehensively and overall
is that comprehensively is in a comprehensive manner; completely; thoroughly; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion while overall is generally; with everything considered.As an adjective overall is
all-encompassing, all around.As a noun overall is
(british) a garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit a garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.comprehensively
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Adverb
(en adverb)citation, page= , passage=Ferguson, perhaps recalling how United had been comprehensively outfought in the 3-1 defeat at Liverpool last season, opted for a side with a more pragmatic look with Phil Jones moved into a midfield role.}}