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benight vs overtake

overtake vs benight

benight and overtake both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
benight No No Yes No
overtake No No Yes No
As verbs, overtake is a hypernym of benight; that is, overtake is a word with a broader meaning than benight:
  • benight: overtake with darkness or night
  • overtake: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Other hypernyms of benight include overcome, overpower, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm.
benight (verb) overtake (verb)
make darker and difficult to perceive by sight catch up with and possibly overtake
envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
overtake with darkness or night travel past
Difference between benight and overtake

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