benight vs overwhelm

benight and overwhelm both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
benight	No	No	Yes	No
overwhelm	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, overwhelm is a hypernym of benight; that is, overwhelm is a word with a broader meaning than benight:

Other hypernyms of benight include overcome, overpower, overtake, sweep over, whelm.

benight (verb)	overwhelm (verb)
make darker and difficult to perceive by sight	charge someone with too many tasks
envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness	overcome by superior force
overtake with darkness or night	cover completely or make imperceptible
	overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli