overtake vs benight

overtake and benight both are verbs.

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

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

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

overtake (verb)	benight (verb)
catch up with and possibly overtake	make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli	envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
travel past	overtake with darkness or night