sweep over vs devastate

sweep over and devastate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sweep over	No	No	Yes	No
devastate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, devastate is a hyponym of sweep over; that is, devastate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sweep over:

Other hyponyms of sweep over include clutch, get hold of, seize, kill, benight, knock out, stagger, lock.

sweep over (verb)	devastate (verb)
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli	cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
	overwhelm or overpower