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Overhaul vs Troubleshooting - What's the difference?

overhaul | troubleshooting |

As nouns the difference between overhaul and troubleshooting

is that overhaul is a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision while troubleshooting is the identification and resolution of problems, especially problems of a technical nature.

As verbs the difference between overhaul and troubleshooting

is that overhaul is to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely while troubleshooting is present participle of lang=en.

overhaul

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A major repair, remake, renovation, or revision.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
    • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul . Instead it offers fixes and patches.}}
  • (firefighting) The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure for signs of hot spots that may cause the structure to reignite. Often this includes the process of salvage under the blanket term, salvage and overhaul.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
  • * 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, " Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
    • Although they believe they can overhaul their 2-0 deficit, they cannot afford to be as lethargic as this at Camp Nou, and the time is surely approaching when Manuel Pellegrini's faith in Martín Demichelis wavers.
  • To pass, overtake, or travel past.
  • * 1967 , edition, ISBN 0553025171, page 109:
    • In theory there was a runner ahead of him who would pause to sleep. Who would falter and fall. Who would despair at the size of the desert. Because Logan did none of these he would overhaul the runner and kill him.
  • (nautical) To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.

    • troubleshooting

    English

    (wikipedia troubleshooting)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The identification and resolution of problems, especially problems of a technical nature.
    • When it comes to computer problems, his troubleshooting is first-rate.

    Verb

    (head)

    • References

    * * "troubleshooting" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)