overbear vs dominate

overbear and dominate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, dominate is a hypernym of overbear; that is, dominate is a word with a broader meaning than overbear:

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