sweep over vs whelm

sweep over and whelm both are verbs.

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

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

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

sweep over (verb)	whelm (verb)
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli	overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
	to neither fail to meet nor exceed expectation