Overwrite or override

Question

It might seem to be a stupid question but I\'m just so curious and want to use the correct term when talking about the issue. Couldn\'t find a similar question here so I dec

Answer 1

If you're replacing one implementation completely with another, it's "overwriting" or more commonly "replacing". If you're replacing an implementation with another for some specific cases, it's "overriding".

To "overwrite" something is to put something else in its place, destroying the thing overwritten. To "override" something is to cause something else to operate instead of it without harming or changing the thing overridden.