different between supplant vs overthrow

English

Alternative forms

• supplaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French supplanter, from Latin supplant? (“trip up”), from sub (“under”) + planta (“sole”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: s?plänt?, IPA^(key): /s??pl??nt/
• Rhymes: -??nt
• (US, Canada, Northern England) enPR: s?pl?nt?, IPA^(key): /s??plænt/
• Rhymes: -ænt

Verb

supplant (third-person singular simple present supplants, present participle supplanting, simple past and past participle supplanted)

1. (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.

   Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?

2. (transitive, obsolete) To uproot, to remove violently.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 2

     Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth.

Synonyms

• (replace): dethrone, oust, replace, supersede, take over from
• (remove violently): uproot, wrench out

Translations

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