overtake vs get hold of

overtake and get hold of both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
overtake	No	No	Yes	No
get hold of	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

overtake (verb)	get hold of (verb)
catch up with and possibly overtake	affect
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli	be in or establish communication with
travel past	get into one's hands, take physically