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provoke vs overpower

overpower vs provoke

provoke and overpower both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
provoke No No Yes No
overpower No No Yes No
As verbs, overpower is a hyponym of provoke; that is, overpower is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than provoke:
  • provoke: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  • overpower: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Other hyponyms of provoke include strike a chord, touch a chord, ask for, invite, draw, rekindle, infatuate, prick, fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake, excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir, excite, anger, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset, shame, bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound, overcome, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, interest, whelm.
provoke (verb) overpower (verb)
provide the needed stimulus for overcome by superior force
evoke or provoke to appear or occur overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
annoy continually or chronically
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