sweep over vs overtake

sweep over and overtake both are verbs.

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

As verbs, sweep over and overtake are synonyms defined as:

sweep over and overtake: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

Other synonyms of sweep over include overcome, overpower, overwhelm, whelm.

sweep over (verb)	overtake (verb)
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli	catch up with and possibly overtake
	overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
	travel past