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vanquish vs overcome

overcome vs vanquish

vanquish and overcome both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vanquish No No Yes No
overcome No No Yes No
As verbs, overcome is a hypernym of vanquish; that is, overcome is a word with a broader meaning than vanquish:
  • vanquish: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
  • overcome: win a victory over
Other hypernyms of vanquish include defeat, get the better of.
As verbs, overcome is a hyponym of vanquish; that is, overcome is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than vanquish:
  • vanquish: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
  • overcome: overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
vanquish (verb) overcome (verb)
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict 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
Difference between vanquish and overcome

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