different between overthrow vs extinction

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

English

Etymology

From late Middle English, borrowed from Latin extinctio (“extinction, annihilation”), from extinguere, past participle extinctus (“to extinguish”); see extinguish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?st??k??n/

Noun

extinction (countable and uncountable, plural extinctions)

1. The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
2. (astronomy) The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
3. (pathology) The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously.
4. (psychology) The fading of a conditioned response over time if it is not reinforced.

Related terms

• extinctionism
• extinctionist
• extinct
• extinguish
• hemiextinction

Translations

References

• extinction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• extinction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• ctenitoxin

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extincti?, extincti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.st??k.sj??/

Noun

extinction f (plural extinctions)

1. extinction

Related terms

• éteint

Further reading

• “extinction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).