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overcome vs benight

benight vs overcome

overcome and benight both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
overcome No No Yes No
benight No No Yes No
As verbs, benight is a hyponym of overcome; that is, benight is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than overcome:
  • overcome: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
  • benight: overtake with darkness or night
Other hyponyms of overcome include devastate, clutch, get hold of, seize, kill, knock out, stagger, lock.
overcome (verb) benight (verb)
get on top of; deal with successfully make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
win a victory over overtake with darkness or night
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Difference between overcome and benight

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