different between overbear vs overthrow

English

Etymology

From Middle English overberen; equivalent to over- +? bear.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??v??b??/

Verb

overbear (third-person singular simple present overbears, present participle overbearing, simple past overbore, past participle overborne)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To carry over. [10th-14th c.]
2. (transitive) To push through by physical weight or strength; to overwhelm, overcome. [from 16th c.]
3. (transitive) To prevail over; to dominate, overpower; to oppress. [from 16th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.11:

     It often fals, in course of common life, / That right long time is overborne of wrong […].

4. (intransitive) To produce an overabundance of fruit. [from 18th c.]

Derived terms

• overbearing

English

Pronunciation

• Verb senses:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v??????/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?v????o?/
  • Rhymes: -??
• Noun senses:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???v?????/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?v????o?/
• Hyphenation: over?throw

Etymology 1

From Middle English overthrowen, equivalent to over- +? throw. Compare Dutch overdraaien, German überdrehen, Old English oferweorpan (“to overthrow”).

For the noun sense, compare Middle English overthrow, overthrowe (“destruction, downfall”), from the verb.

Verb

overthrow (third-person singular simple present overthrows, present participle overthrowing, simple past overthrew, past participle overthrown)

1. (transitive) To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force.
2. (transitive, now rare) To throw down to the ground, to overturn.

Derived terms

• overthrowable
• overthrowal
• overthrower

Translations

Noun

overthrow (plural overthrows)

1. A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force.
2. (archaic, rare) An act of throwing something to the ground; an overturning.

Hypernyms

• downfall

Coordinate terms

• collapse

Translations

Etymology 2

over- +? throw.

Verb

overthrow (third-person singular simple present overthrows, present participle overthrowing, simple past overthrew, past participle overthrown)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To throw (something) so that it goes too far.

Translations

Noun

overthrow (plural overthrows)

1. (sports) A throw that goes too far.
   1. (cricket) A run scored by the batting side when a fielder throws the ball back to the infield, whence it continues to the opposite outfield.

Translations

References

Further reading

• overthrow (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• throw over