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overcome vs devastate

devastate vs overcome

overcome and devastate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
overcome No No Yes No
devastate No No Yes No
As verbs, devastate is a hyponym of overcome; that is, devastate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than overcome:
  • overcome: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
  • devastate: overwhelm or overpower
Other hyponyms of overcome include clutch, get hold of, seize, kill, benight, knock out, stagger, lock.
overcome (verb) devastate (verb)
get on top of; deal with successfully cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome overwhelm or overpower
win a victory over
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Difference between overcome and devastate

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