overwhelm vs evoke

overwhelm and evoke both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
overwhelm	No	No	Yes	No
evoke	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, evoke is a hypernym of overwhelm; that is, evoke is a word with a broader meaning than overwhelm:

Other hypernyms of overwhelm include arouse, elicit, enkindle, fire, kindle, provoke, raise.

overwhelm (verb)	evoke (verb)
charge someone with too many tasks	call to mind
overcome by superior force	evoke or provoke to appear or occur
cover completely or make imperceptible	deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli	summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
	call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)