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Overthrow vs Frustrate - What's the difference?

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Overthrow is a related term of frustrate.


In lang=en terms the difference between overthrow and frustrate

is that overthrow is to bring about the downfall of (a government, etc), especially by force while frustrate is to cause stress or panic.

As verbs the difference between overthrow and frustrate

is that overthrow is to throw down to the ground, to overturn or overthrow can be (intransitive) to throw (something) so that it goes too far while frustrate is to disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.

As a noun overthrow

is a removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force or overthrow can be (sports) a throw that goes too far.

As an adjective frustrate is

vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory.

overthrow

English

Etymology 1

From .

Verb

  • To throw down to the ground, to overturn.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , John II:
    • And he made a scourge of smale cordes, and drave them all out off the temple, bothe shepe and oxen, and powred doune the changers money, and overthrue their tables.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • His wife overthrew the table.
  • To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force.
    • I hate the current government, but not enough to want to overthrow them.
  • * Dryden
    • When the walls of Thebes he overthrew .
  • * Shakespeare
    • [Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.
    Derived terms
    * overthrowal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force.
  • *
    • What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race!
    Hypernyms
    * (removal by force) downfall
    Coordinate terms
    * (removal by force) collapse

    Etymology 2

    Verb

  • (intransitive) To throw (something) so that it goes too far.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sports) A throw that goes too far.
    • He overthrew first base, for an error.
  • (cricket) A run scored by the batting side when a fielder throws the ball back to the infield, whence it continues to the opposite outfield.

    • Quotations

    * * (seeCites)

    frustrate

    English

    Verb

    (frustrat)
  • To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
    • It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.
  • To hinder or thwart.
    • My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.
  • To cause stress or panic
    • This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory
  • * Shakespeare
    • Our frustrate search.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "frustrate")