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kindle vs overtake

overtake vs kindle

kindle and overtake both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
kindle No No Yes No
overtake No No Yes No
As verbs, overtake is a hyponym of kindle; that is, overtake is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kindle:
  • kindle: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  • overtake: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Other hyponyms of kindle 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, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, interest, whelm.
kindle (verb) overtake (verb)
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) catch up with and possibly overtake
cause to start burning overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
catch fire travel past
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