How can we differentiate 'oversee' and 'overlook'?

Oversee means to supervise, to watch over, to manage. Oversee is a transitive verb which is a verb that takes an object. Related words are oversees, oversaw, overseen, overseeing, overseer. Oversee comes from the Old English word oferseon, meaning to look down upon, to keep watch over, to survey, observe. read more

Oversee' and 'overlook' can look similar if you know the components of the words. 'See' and 'look' are both terms for viewing something. The two words did mean similar things at their creations, but they gradually grew apart. read more