overpower vs benight

overpower and benight both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
overpower	No	No	Yes	No
benight	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, benight is a hyponym of overpower; that is, benight is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than overpower:

Other hyponyms of overpower include devastate, clutch, get hold of, seize, kill, knock out, stagger, lock.

overpower (verb)	benight (verb)
overcome by superior force	make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli	envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
	overtake with darkness or night