dominate vs overbear

dominate and overbear both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dominate	No	No	Yes	No
overbear	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, overbear is a hyponym of dominate; that is, overbear is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dominate:

Other hyponyms of dominate include possess.

dominate (verb)	overbear (verb)
have dominance or the power to defeat over	contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance	bear too much
be in control	overcome
look down on
be greater in significance than