Overlap vs. Overlay

To lie or extend over and cover part of.

To lay or spread over or on.

To have an area or range in common with.

To cover the surface of with a decorative layer or design

To lie over and partly cover something.

To embellish superficially

To correspond in character or function

(Printing) To put an overlay on.

(Mathematics) To have one or more elements in common. Used of sets.

To create (a new area code) having the same boundaries as another

A part or portion that overlaps or is overlapped.

Past tense of overlie.

An instance of overlapping.

To lie over or on.

To extend over and partly cover something.

To suffocate (a baby, for example) by accidentally lying on top of it.

To have an area, range, character or function in common.

Something that is laid over or covers something else.

(mathematics) Of sets: to have some elements in common.

A layer of decoration, such as gold leaf or wood veneer, applied to a surface.

(genetics) To have some similar nucleotide sequences.

(Printing) A piece of paper used on a press tympan to vary the pressure that produces light and dark tones.

Something that overlaps or is overlapped

A transparent sheet containing graphic matter, such as labels or colored areas, placed on illustrative matter to be incorporated into it.

(rugby) a situation in the game where an attacking line has more players in it than the defensive line coming to meet it. The attacking side may exploit the overlap by using their superior numbers to break the opposition's defensive line. If attackers outnumber defenders by more than one player this is often termed a two man overlap or three man overlap, etc. If the attacking side fails to break through usually due to poor execution, they are said to waste an overlap.

An area code whose boundaries are the same as another area code.

The payment of a spouse's or other dependant's annuity benefits concurrently with the member's benefits, on death of the member during the guarantee period.

(transitive) To lay, spread, or apply something over or across; cover.

To lay (one thing) over another; to lap.

To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

To cover part of.

To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate.

To be arranged so that a part of one object laying over part of another; as, the boards overlapped at their ends.

To put an overlay on.

To have the ending time of one period or process extend beyond the beginning time of another period or process; as, the lives of Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt overlapped by several decades.

To bet too much money on.

The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.

(printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.

(betting) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.

a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena;

(horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.

the property of partial coincidence in time

A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.

a flap that lies over another part;

(programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.

coincide partially or wholly;

(internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.

extend over and cover a part of;

(Scotland) A cravat.

A covering over something else.

To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

To cover (an object made of an inexpensive metal, glass, or other material) with a thin sheet of an expensive metal, especially with silver or gold. Distinguished from to plate, which is done by a chemical or electrical deposition process.

To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.

To put an overlay on.

A covering.

A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

A subroutine which occupies a portion of main memory which is occupied at some other time by another subroutine during execution of the same program. Overlays were used as an older technique to allow larger programs to be executed in restricted main memory space; the same effect is now accomplished by different techniques.

protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior

put something on top of something else;

kill by lying on;