cᴏᴍpaʀɪng pʀᴇfɪxᴇs ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴏᴠᴇʀcᴏᴏᴋ ᴏᴠᴇʀlᴏᴏᴋ: thᴇ unfɪltᴇʀᴇd tʀuth
ᴏᴠᴇʀcᴏᴏᴋ, ᴏᴠᴇʀlᴏᴏᴋ, and ᴏᴠᴇʀcᴏᴏᴋ shaʀᴇ thᴇ saᴍᴇ pʀᴇfɪx “ᴏᴠᴇʀ,” ʙut thᴇɪʀ ᴍᴇanɪngs and usagᴇ dɪffᴇʀ sɪgnɪfɪcantlʏ. “ᴏᴠᴇʀcᴏᴏᴋ” ʀᴇfᴇʀs tᴏ cᴏᴏᴋɪng fᴏᴏd fᴏʀ tᴏᴏ lᴏng, ʀᴇsultɪng ɪn a nᴇgatɪᴠᴇ ᴏutcᴏᴍᴇ. “ᴏᴠᴇʀlᴏᴏᴋ” ᴍᴇans tᴏ faɪl tᴏ nᴏtɪcᴇ sᴏᴍᴇthɪng ᴏʀ tᴏ ɪgnᴏʀᴇ ɪt ɪntᴇntɪᴏnallʏ. “ᴏᴠᴇʀcᴏᴏᴋ” fᴏcusᴇs ᴏn an actɪᴏn that haʀᴍs thᴇ fᴏᴏd, whɪlᴇ “ᴏᴠᴇʀlᴏᴏᴋ” hɪghlɪghts a lacᴋ ᴏf attᴇntɪᴏn ᴏʀ cᴏnsɪdᴇʀatɪᴏn.
