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provoke vs overtake

overtake vs provoke

provoke and overtake both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
provoke No No Yes No
overtake No No Yes No
As verbs, overtake is a hyponym of provoke; that is, overtake is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than provoke:
  • provoke: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  • overtake: 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, overpower, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, interest, whelm.
provoke (verb) overtake (verb)
provide the needed stimulus for catch up with and possibly overtake
evoke or provoke to appear or occur overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) travel past
annoy continually or chronically
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