The difference between above and over
above and over
‘higher than’: above or over
Above and over can both mean‘higher than’. Above is morecommon with this meaning.
The water came up above/overour knees.
Can you see the helicopterabove/over the palace?
‘not directly over’: above
We use above when one thing isnot directly over another.
We’ve got a little house abovethe lake. (NOT … over the lake.)
‘covering’: over
We prefer over when one thingcovers and/or touches another.
There is cloud over the South ofEngland.
He put on a coat over hispyjamas.
We use over or across when one thing crosses another.
The plane was flying over/acrossDenmark.
Electricity cables stretchover/across the fields.
measurements: above
Above is used in measurementsof temperature and height, andin other cases where we think ofa vertical scale.
The temperature is threedegrees above zero.
The summit of Everest is about8000 metres above sea level.
She’s well above average inintelligence.
ages, speeds, ‘more than’: over
We usually use over, not above, to talk about ages and speeds, and to mean ‘more than’.
You have to be over 18 to seethis film.
The police said she was drivingat over 110 mph.
There were over 100,000 peopleat the festival.
books and papers
In a book or paper, above means‘written before’.
The above rules and regulationsapply to all students.
For prices and delivery charges, see above.
See over means ‘look on thenext pagex:
There are cheap flights at weekends .
‘higher than’: above or over
Above and over can both mean‘higher than’. Above is morecommon with this meaning.
The water came up above/overour knees.
Can you see the helicopterabove/over the palace?
‘not directly over’: above
We use above when one thing isnot directly over another.
We’ve got a little house abovethe lake. (NOT … over the lake.)
‘covering’: over
We prefer over when one thingcovers and/or touches another.
There is cloud over the South ofEngland.
He put on a coat over hispyjamas.
We use over or across when one thing crosses another.
The plane was flying over/acrossDenmark.
Electricity cables stretchover/across the fields.
measurements: above
Above is used in measurementsof temperature and height, andin other cases where we think ofa vertical scale.
The temperature is threedegrees above zero.
The summit of Everest is about8000 metres above sea level.
She’s well above average inintelligence.
ages, speeds, ‘more than’: over
We usually use over, not above, to talk about ages and speeds, and to mean ‘more than’.
You have to be over 18 to seethis film.
The police said she was drivingat over 110 mph.
There were over 100,000 peopleat the festival.
books and papers
In a book or paper, above means‘written before’.
The above rules and regulationsapply to all students.
For prices and delivery charges, see above.
See over means ‘look on thenext pagex:
There are cheap flights at weekends .
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