Crush vs Overbear - What's the difference?

Crush is a related term of overbear.

In lang=en terms the difference between crush and overbear

is that crush is to be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force while overbear is to produce an overabundance of fruit.

As verbs the difference between crush and overbear

is that crush is to press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass while overbear is (obsolete|transitive) to carry over.

As a noun crush

is a violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

crush

English

(wikipedia crush)

Noun

(es)

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

* Addison

the wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds

Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

Crowd which produces uncomfortable pressure.

A crush at a reception.

A violent crowding

A crowd control barrier

A short-lived infatuation or affection for.

The human object of infatuation or affection.

* 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

It had taken nine years from the evening that first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush .

A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling

A party, festive function

* 1890 ch 1

Two months ago I went to a crush at Lady Brandon's.

(Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season that this process takes place in.

Derived terms

* crush hat * crush room * girl crush * man crush

Verb

(es)

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass.

to crush grapes

Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, crushed , broken or cut. --Lev. xxii.

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.

to crush quartz

* 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 1

With a wild scream he was upon her, tearing a great piece from her side with his mighty teeth, and striking her viciously upon her head and shoulders with a broken tree limb until her skull was crushed to a jelly.

To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.

''After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections

To oppress or burden grievously.

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.

* Sir Walter Scott

speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels

To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force

an eggshell crushes easily

To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.

She's crushing on him.

(sports) to defeat emphatically

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=November 11 , author=Rory Houston , title=Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland , work=RTE Sport citation , page= , passage=A stunning performance from the Republic of Ireland all but sealed progress to Euro 2012 as they crushed nine-man Estonia 4-0 in the first leg of the qualifying play-off tie in A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn.}}

Derived terms

* crusher * crushing * crush on * crush out * crushed sugar * crushed velvet

References

overbear

English

Verb

(obsolete) To carry over.

To push through by physical weight or strength; to overwhelm, overcome.

* c. 1390 , (Geoffrey Chaucer), ‘The Wife of Bath's Tale’, , Penguin Classics, p. 287:

I attacked first and they were overborne , / Glad to apologize and even suing / Pardon for what they'd never thought of doing.

To prevail over; to dominate, overpower; to oppress.

*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.11:

*:It often fals, in course of common life, / That right long time is overborne of wrong […].

To produce an overabundance of fruit.

English irregular verbs