Over and Point

Over

Over noun - (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch.

Point and over are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Point" instead a noun "Over".

Point

Point noun - A particular and often important moment in time.

Over and point are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Over" instead a noun "Point".

Both words in one sentence

  • In Higurashi: When They Cry's Meakashi-hen, as completely insane and sadistic is Shion Sonozaki is at this point, she's actually got a good point when she's calling Kimiyoshi out over Satoshi being treated unfairly due to Sins of Our Fathers.
  • Early Installment Character-Design Difference These mostly disappeared over time as other artists took over, to the point most people don't know they were ever part of the costume.
  • Madness Mantra At one point the Creepy Child possesses a typewriter and types it over and over; in the podcast for the episode, Steven Moffat claims not to remember any similar scene from The Shining.
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