skunk vs overcome

skunk is a noun but overcome is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
skunk	Yes	No	Yes	No
overcome	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, overcome is a hypernym of skunk; that is, overcome is a word with a broader meaning than skunk:

Other hypernyms of skunk include defeat, get the better of.

skunk (noun)	overcome (noun)
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
street names for marijuana
a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

skunk (verb)	overcome (verb)
defeat by a lurch	get on top of; deal with successfully
	overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
	win a victory over
	overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli