Read-after-overwrite makes it clear that it's in contrast to and distinct from read-after-write. Sometimes different words mean the same thing, and you pick th

Read-after-overwrite makes it clear that it's in contrast to and distinct from read-after-write. Sometimes different words mean the same thing, and you pick the word based on its context. And in this context, the readers aren't "normal people"--whatever that means--they're engineers. Where the specific meaning of "update" and "write" can vary depending on an even more specific context.