destroy vs overcome

destroy and overcome both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
destroy	No	No	Yes	No
overcome	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, overcome is a hypernym of destroy; that is, overcome is a word with a broader meaning than destroy:

Other hypernyms of destroy include defeat, get the better of.

destroy (verb)	overcome (verb)
defeat soundly and humiliatingly	get on top of; deal with successfully
destroy completely; damage irreparably	overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
put (an animal) to death	win a victory over
do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of	overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli