Finder (or other) replace with newer file functionality?!

i just realized that i think i have been pretty much willy-nilly overwriting same name files with other same name files without the benefit of having a "do you want to overwrite this OLDER file with this NEWER file" prompt or alternatively a "do you /really/ want to overwrite this NEWER file with this OLDER file prompt".
i realize i have a lot of data and that my doing this has been somewhat hasty but i guess i have been used to this functionality existing in MS OS explorer for so long i did not think twice about it.
these files are long under the bridge and it is possible that they exist elsewhere on my HD but can anyone that has experience with "dual use" or major experience with Mac OS help me out there? does this functionality not exist? can i get it with some kind of App?
i cannot reasonably expect to compare files one to one when sorting my HD so any advice here on automating this in a way that does not involve lots of steps or heavy scripting would also be great.
TIA

hi. this is even worse than i thought. hopefully a mac technician or expert will chime in here.
if you are about to overwrite a newer FOLDER mac os will prompt to let you know if it the "overwriting" file is older (presumably it will also prompt if the overwriting folder is newer but who knows since i did not test it) but if you are about to overwrite a newer FILE it will not give you a prompt.
to test this you can create a folder on your desktop called "test".
1. drag and drop a random FILE into this folder.
2. create an untitled folder on your desktop
3. create an untitled folder in this test folder.
4. copy the FILE into the test folder
5. then copy the untitled folder into the test folder.
in one case you get a prompt telling you that the overwriting folder is older and in the other case with the FILE you don't get a prompt.
unless i mixed up the order of creating and copying files this seems like a pretty hair-brained scheme to have for an OS.
maybe i am missing something.
BTW i am testing on my desktop which can only go to ML OS.

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