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enkindle vs overcome

overcome vs enkindle

enkindle and overcome both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
enkindle No No Yes No
overcome No No Yes No
As verbs, overcome is a hyponym of enkindle; that is, overcome is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than enkindle:
  • enkindle: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  • overcome: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Other hyponyms of enkindle include strike a chord, touch a chord, ask for, invite, draw, rekindle, infatuate, prick, fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake, excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir, excite, anger, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset, shame, bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, interest, whelm.
enkindle (verb) overcome (verb)
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) get on top of; deal with successfully
cause to start burning overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
win a victory over
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
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