overtake vs march on

overtake and march on both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
overtake	No	No	Yes	No
march on	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, march on is a hypernym of overtake; that is, march on is a word with a broader meaning than overtake:

Other hypernyms of overtake include advance, go on, move on, pass on, progress.

overtake (verb)	march on (verb)
catch up with and possibly overtake	move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
travel past