different between inhume vs overwhelm

English

Etymology

Latin in and hum?re (“to bury”).

Verb

inhume (third-person singular simple present inhumes, present participle inhuming, simple past and past participle inhumed)

1. (transitive) To bury in a grave.

Synonyms

• bury, entomb, inter

Antonyms

• dig up, disentomb, disinter, exhume, unearth

Translations

Derived terms

• inhumation

Anagrams

• humine

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: inhument, inhumes

Verb

inhume

1. first-person singular present indicative of inhumer
2. third-person singular present indicative of inhumer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of inhumer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of inhumer
5. second-person singular imperative of inhumer

Spanish

Verb

inhume

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of inhumar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of inhumar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of inhumar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English overwhelmen, equivalent to over- +? whelm.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???v????lm/, /???v??w?lm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?v????lm/, /?o?v??w?lm/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /?ov????lm/
• Rhymes: -?lm

Verb

overwhelm (third-person singular simple present overwhelms, present participle overwhelming, simple past and past participle overwhelmed)

1. To engulf, surge over and submerge.

   Synonym: swamp

2. To overpower, crush.

   In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.

   • The sea overwhelmed their enemies.

3. To overpower emotionally.
4. To cause to surround, to cover.

   1684, Denis Papin, Instrument to make turpentine penetrate plaster and wood using the airpump

   • I lay Turpentine all over the same: then I overwhelm a broader pipe about the first

Derived terms

• overwhelming

Related terms

• whelm

Antonyms

• underwhelm

Translations

Noun

overwhelm (plural overwhelms)

1. The state or condition of being overwhelmed.

See also

• too many balls in the air