Codify vs Overwhelmed - What's the difference?
codify | overwhelmed |
To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
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To collect and arrange in a systematic form.
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*:The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth?;. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “?near-aissance.”
(overwhelm)
To engulf, surge over and submerge.
To overpower, crush.
* Bible, Psalms lxxviii. 53
To overpower emotionally.
To cause to surround, to cover.
As verbs the difference between codify and overwhelmed
is that codify is to reduce to a code, to arrange into a code while overwhelmed is (overwhelm).codify
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(en-verb)Derived terms
* codifiability * codification * codifieroverwhelmed
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(head)overwhelm
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- The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
- In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
- The sea overwhelmed their enemies.
- He was overwhelmed with guilt.
- Joy overwhelmed her when she realized that she had won a million dollars.
- (Papin)