overwhelm vs get hold of

overwhelm and get hold of both are verbs.

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

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

overwhelm: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
get hold of: affect

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

overwhelm (verb)	get hold of (verb)
charge someone with too many tasks	affect
overcome by superior force	be in or establish communication with
cover completely or make imperceptible	get into one's hands, take physically
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

overwhelm vs get hold of

overwhelm and get hold of both are verbs.

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