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overcome vs down

down vs overcome

overcome is not a noun while down is a noun.

overcome is not an adjective while down is an adjective.

overcome and down both are verbs.

overcome is not an adverb while down is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
overcome No No Yes No
down Yes Yes Yes Yes
As verbs, down is a hyponym of overcome; that is, down is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than overcome:
  • overcome: win a victory over
  • down: bring down or defeat (an opponent)
overcome (noun) down (noun)
(American football) a complete play to advance the football
soft fine feathers
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
overcome (adjective) down (adjective)
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
filled with melancholy and despondency
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
becoming progressively lower
not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
lower than previously
shut
being put out in a game of baseball
understood perfectly
overcome (verb) down (verb)
get on top of; deal with successfully improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome bring down or defeat (an opponent)
win a victory over drink down entirely
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli eat up completely, as with great appetite
cause to come or go down
shoot at and force to come down
overcome (adverb) down (adverb)
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
away from a more central or a more northerly place
paid in cash at time of purchase
in an inactive or inoperative state
to a lower intensity
from an earlier time
Difference between overcome and down

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